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Aug 4, 2026 7 min

Reeh 5786 - Generosity by Design

from Mussar HaTorah Hosted by Aaron Benedict

What does a biblical harvest law have to do with why some economies thrive while others collapse? In Parshas Re'eh, tucked inside a list of agricultural tithes, sits one of the Torah's most quietly radical social inventions — a law that didn't ask people to be generous, but engineered generosity directly into its structure. This week, we explore what the Rambam calls a mechanism for building "the bond of love and brotherhood among the children of men," and what modern economists discovered, millennia later, that proves him right. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit notarabbi.substack.com

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