Ol' Dirty Money
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🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
What does Judaism say about accepting “dirty” money? A listener has been watching the online debate about how her alma mater should handle money from a prominent donor associated with Jeffery Epstein. She asks how does Jewish tradition handle this moral predicament? And at what point are institutions complicit spiritually and ethically when they accept tainted funds?
Rabbi Shira and Hanna talk about when tzedakah becomes murky and how to be accountable morally and practically.
Listen to Responsa Radio’s “Can Nonprofits Accept Money from Crooks?”
Read about accepting and using stolen money
Read about using a stolen lulav
Read Rabbi Sharon Brous’ sermon on the stolen beam
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| 0:00.0 | Political tensions, anxiety, and loneliness are on the rise, |
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| 0:08.0 | For thousands of years, societies have asked questions about how to live, thrive, and love. |
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| 0:29.2 | wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 0:37.3 | Shalom. And welcome back to Chutzpah, real life lived better, where each week we apply |
| 0:43.2 | Jewish tradition and a little bit of the cold nidri appeal to talk about something that is live |
| 0:49.0 | in our lives. I'm Rabbi Shira Stutman. And I'm Hannah Rosen. And I have a little bit of a sore throat today, just warning everybody. Oh, no. It's okay. Just, you know, it's that season. Well, I'm sending everyone, Ah, Chud Squad, send a Rufuashlema and a short Misha Berach to Hannah Rosen. Prayers for healing. Okay, here's my question for you today, Hannah. Let's say someone gave you |
| 1:12.5 | $5 million, but it was only to give away to Siddaka. Like you had to give it to one place |
| 1:20.6 | and you had to give the entire $5 million. Where would you give it? Oh, local food and security. |
| 1:27.4 | I'm a very like like, locally minded. |
| 1:29.5 | Sorry. |
| 1:29.9 | I'm sorry. Did you want something more interesting? Yes, it was such a, like, chutzpah. Like, you could have just been done in 12 seconds. We could have been downed footspod. Oh, give it to chutzpad. Oh, I'm sorry. I love you. I mean, come on. Get out of my face. |
| 1:43.9 | No. |
| 1:44.4 | No. |
| 1:44.9 | I'm very like, I'm very of my face. No, no. |
| 1:44.9 | I'm very like, I'm very like, give $10 to the person right in front of you. |
| 1:49.4 | Like, that's the way my charity mind work. |
| 1:52.4 | So I'm not that strategic or complicated. |
| 1:55.5 | I'm no, you know, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. |
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