BAIS HAVAAD PARSHA PERSPECTIVES PARSHAS PIKUDEI Guarding a Good Reputation: To What Extent? By: Rabbi Yehonoson Dovid Hool

Recently, there was a story circulating about a gabbai tzedakah (an official in charge of funds for the poor) who approached a certain wealthy man and asked him for a donation. The man agreed to give a sizeable donation on condition that he would be told to whom his money would be given. The gabbai informed him that this was not possible. “All our tzedakah is distributed discreetly so as not to embarrass the recipients and we cannot reveal to anyone to whom the money is given,” he explained.