deductible
A tenth is the average measure; a fifth is the choicest way
Giving ten percent of income is the standard measure of tzedakah; giving twenty percent (chomesh) is the preferred level for one who can afford it. The app's default setting is 10%, with 20% available.
Positions by community
Ashkenazi
deductible
Shulchan Aruch YD 249:1: up to a fifth of one's means is 'mitzvah min hamuvchar'; one-tenth is the 'midah beinonis' (average measure); less than a tenth is considered ungenerous ('ayin ra'ah').
Sephardi
deductible
Same source text; identical baseline.
Chabad
deductible
Same source text; identical baseline.
Sources
- https://www.sefaria.org/Shulchan_Arukh,_Yoreh_De'ah.249.1 — Yoreh De'ah 249:1
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