Do Jews still pay tithe?

Answer 1

we give an annual "membership gift" as we are not allowed to handle money on our shabbat, therefore there can be no "passing of the plate" like in churches. it is usually based on ability to pay- no one is ever turned away because they can't give. we also give "tzedakah" which means charitable giving and do mitzvot- good deeds and tikkun olam- repairing th world. these are the things tht put us in good favor with g-d- NOT what we believe. It's all about what we DO

Answer 2

No- the Kohanim no longer serve in the temple and are not supported by the rest of the nation. A shul (synagogue) is NOT a de facto temple and thus we do not tithe to a shul but there are generally fixed membership dues so that the Rabbi can be paid (he has to earn a living somehoiw!) the buildings maintained etc.

One thing we still do - is take "challah" when baking bread- in other words, if the quantity of dough is sufficient (it requires at least 18 cups of flour before challah is taken), a piece about the size of your fist is taken out and burnt - in temple times that would have been given to the kohen- today we destroy it as no Kohen is tahor (in a state of purity) to eat kodshim (holy foods) since we do not have the ashes of a red heffer to purify us.

The Maaser seperations
rishon for the kohen, sheni for the Levi'im and ani for the poor- are no longer done as 1) you need to be tahor to eat them and 2) they are only done in Israel, as are the payot (corners) of the field left for the poor.

What is still very relevant are the laws of charity which require us to give 10% of our earnings to charity.

Answer 3

I have never heard of a synogogue collecting money in a way like christian churches do, (or so I've heard)

there might be a fee for regular members of a synogogue, but that is openly known and recognized as going to things like utilitys and wages for employees and suchlike.

I think for most Jewish people, any "tithe" would be giving a portion of their income to charity(technically not exactly the right word, look at the attached link. )

Answer 4

We have membership fees and that's how the synagogue gets money, but that's a separate issue from "tithing." In Judaism we have a thing called tzedaka in which we're supposed to give at least 10% of our earnings (anonymously) to the needy.

http://www.jewfaq.org/tzedakah.htm

Answer 5

Some do and some do nto, kind of lik Christians. They pick and choose what parts of the Bible they follow.

Answer 6

Yes. There is actually an Israeli film that gets into it a bit called "Ushpizin"

http://www.ushpizin.com/

Answer 7

Sort of.

We still give 10% to the poor- but instead of giving crops, we give money. (I don't know how it works if you're actually a farmer).

Answer 8

no