Why Give Tzedaka? Ethics as Divine Service

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Why Give Tzedaka? Ethics as Divine Service, by Rav Ezra Bick and Rav Eli Weber

In this second episode of Talking Machshava ("Talking Jewish Thought"), Rav Eli Weber asks Rav Ezra Bick a question. If love of God and service of God are one and the same, is tzedaka (charity) worth more when it goes to a poor person we dislike?