Reply To: Rant – Doing a chesed in return for tzeddokah

I think that your case is slightly different DY. If you all a professional to work for you, he is entitled to ask for pay. (Even so, is his chessed bigger or smaller with the donation to tzeddokah?)

But if you are giving something away, obviously or possibly the recipient is not wealthy or he would buy it! So why are you extorting money? Or if you are setting up a Gemach, why can’t you just do the cheeses without asking for money? It’s not your business what someone give to tzeddokah!