daf bit: Gittin 18

When a couple divorces, the woman must wait at least three months before remarrying. This is so it is clear who the father is of any child born soon after. Since a get (divorce document) can be written and delivered later, perhaps with travel (if the husband is in a different city), from when do we count the three months? Rav says we count from when the get is delivered, and even if the bearer lingers on the road three months before delivering it, she must still wait another three months. R' Shmuel says we count from the time it is written, and we need not be concerned because the husband has not been with her in the interval. The halacha is that we count from when it is written. (18a)

charity fundraising

Dear Charities¹ That I Already Support,

I sent you a sizable donation this year. Recently, even, because I mostly do that at year-end when I know where the annual finances ended up. You acknowledged receipt.

So stop bombarding me with email asking for donations, will you? If I weren't inclined to support you the repeated appeals would not change that -- in fact they would drive me away, as they've done with some of your predecessors. And even though I am inclined -- I like you and support you, after all -- I'm starting to weary of this. It feels like the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. Get your fundraising people in sync with your receipts people, please. I want to support you, but your methods are growing frustrating.

¹ Yes, the use of the plural is correct. I have gotten several email requests this week from each of two organizations I have a long record of supporting with single, annual donations.