Mazala Class #4 : Rav on giving till it hurts with Bill Gates

Remember that, giving charity is not restriction that's why there's another saying "you must give where it hurts to give". Because when you give and it does not hurt we know that 'no pain - no gain', right? That's called restriction. So, he's done restriction... (from the audience) But giving is restriction. Not necessarily If Rockefeller let's say, or those wealthy people, give 5 cents to a charitable place even with all of the kavanot, ok? He's giving tzdaka, right? (from the audience) Tzdaka with the hurt, with the pain, then it's a restriction? Oh yes, yes. Absolutely. The giving is the... I can say I will give, and I'm going to give until it hurts but I didn't give yet that's the 99% and the 1%. It's a subterfuge, right? It might be that the most generous philanthropist of all time, which in a pure economic sense you know, through my life I'll give away over a 100 billion but someobody who chooses to live in Africa and work in a hospital, or give money so they are giving up a vacation or something they need you know, I've not had to sacrifice, as you said - I have a plane, when I want to get a hamburger - I get a hamburger, and so I've not really sacrificed my time or my economic well-being in the same way that lots of unnamed amazing people do so they are the worlds best philanthropists.