Rabbis Call for Spending Limit on Mishloach Manot
By Yair Ettinger for Haaretz
JERUSALEM — Senior Sephardic rabbis issued a religious ruling calling on observant Jews to limit spending on mishloach manot, traditional gift baskets given to friends and family during the Purim holiday next week. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and the Council of Torah Sages called on their followers to “refrain from wastefulness on sweets and precious items.” The rabbis have urged their followers to be frugal in light of the economic downturn.
Yesterday they suggested filling the gift baskets with foods with a longer shelf life and a higher nutritional value than candy.
1. AG wrote:
Right on!!
Give a smaller mishloach manos and give the extra money (burning the hole in your pocket) for matonos la'evyonim.
I'm sure that the people who distribute that money will be busier than usual this year!!