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Tithing from a Sum in Foreign Currency

Question

Hello, If I received a sum of money in dollars, from which rate should I calculate the tithe: from the rate at the time of receipt or at the time of conversion?

Answer

Hello,

According to the rate at the time of conversion.

Answered 1 May 2025 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Rabbi Israel Cohen
Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

According to the instructions of the Gaon, Rabbi Amram Fried, shlita

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