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# Matanot LeEvyonim should be given during the day and not the night of purim. <Ref> Magan Avraham 695:13, Mishna Brurah 695:22 </ref>
# Matanot LeEvyonim should be given during the day and not the night of purim. <Ref> Magan Avraham 695:13, Mishna Brurah 695:22 </ref>
# One is obligated to give two gifts of charity to two poor people, one to each person. <Ref>S”A 694:1 </ref>
# One is obligated to give two gifts of charity to two poor people, one to each person. <Ref>S”A 694:1 </ref>
# Some say that the amount is a Pruta (which is 2.5 Agurot which is a 1/25 of a Shekel) <ref>Mishna Brurah 694:2 quoting the ריטב"א, Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 7:27:7, Halichot Shlomo 19, Yeme Mishteh VeSimcha pg 247 in name of Rav Elyashiv </ref> and some say that the amount is enough to buy a meal of 6 Kezaytim of bread. <Ref>Shaarei Teshuva 694 quoting the Zera Emet, Maharsha 7a, Kaf Hachaim 695:7, Teshuvot VeHanhagot, Piskei Teshuvot 694:6 </ref>
# Some say that the amount is a Pruta (which is 2.5 Agurot which is a 1/25 of a Shekel) <ref>Mishna Brurah 694:2 quoting the ריטב"א, Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 7:27:7, Halichot Shlomo 19, Yeme Mishteh VeSimcha pg 247 in name of Rav Elyashiv </ref> and some say that the amount is enough to buy a meal of 6 Kezaytim of bread. <Ref>Shaarei Teshuva 694 quoting the Zera Emet, Maharsha 7a, Kaf Hachaim 695:7, Teshuvot VeHanhagot, Piskei Teshuvot 694:6 </ref> According to Sephardim, it’s proper to be strict for the second opinion. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 694:1) </ref>
According to Sephardim, it’s proper to be strict for the second opinion. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 694:1) </ref>
# If one gives Matanot LeEvyonim before purim and is sure that the poor person won’t use it before Purim one fulfilled one’s obligation and some are strict to give it on the day of Purim itself. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 694:8, Piskei Shemuot pg 144 quotes Rav Elyashiv who permits lechatchila </ref> Similarly, before Purim one can give it to a שליח who will give it on Purim itself. <Ref>Piskei Shemuot pg 144 quoting Rav Nassim Karlitz </ref>
# If one gives Matanot LeEvyonim before purim and is sure that the poor person won’t use it before Purim one fulfilled one’s obligation and some are strict to give it on the day of Purim itself. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 694:8, Piskei Shemuot pg 144 quotes Rav Elyashiv who permits lechatchila </ref> Similarly, before Purim one can give it to a שליח who will give it on Purim itself. <Ref>Piskei Shemuot pg 144 quoting Rav Nassim Karlitz </ref>
# Nowadays, someone who doesn’t have a stable income that can support one’s family for normal expenses and doesn’t have property that’s not usually used and could be sold or if one has abnormal expenses such as for medical bills, or making a wedding for which one can not afford, is considered a poor person regarding this mitzvah. <ref>Piskei Teshuvot 694:2 </ref>
# Nowadays, someone who doesn’t have a stable income that can support one’s family for normal expenses and doesn’t have property that’s not usually used and could be sold or if one has abnormal expenses such as for medical bills, or making a wedding for which one can not afford, is considered a poor person regarding this mitzvah. <ref>Piskei Teshuvot 694:2 </ref>

Revision as of 22:35, 22 April 2011

  1. Matanot LeEvyonim should be given during the day and not the night of purim. [1]
  2. One is obligated to give two gifts of charity to two poor people, one to each person. [2]
  3. Some say that the amount is a Pruta (which is 2.5 Agurot which is a 1/25 of a Shekel) [3] and some say that the amount is enough to buy a meal of 6 Kezaytim of bread. [4] According to Sephardim, it’s proper to be strict for the second opinion. [5]
  4. If one gives Matanot LeEvyonim before purim and is sure that the poor person won’t use it before Purim one fulfilled one’s obligation and some are strict to give it on the day of Purim itself. [6] Similarly, before Purim one can give it to a שליח who will give it on Purim itself. [7]
  5. Nowadays, someone who doesn’t have a stable income that can support one’s family for normal expenses and doesn’t have property that’s not usually used and could be sold or if one has abnormal expenses such as for medical bills, or making a wedding for which one can not afford, is considered a poor person regarding this mitzvah. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Magan Avraham 695:13, Mishna Brurah 695:22
  2. ↑ S”A 694:1
  3. ↑ Mishna Brurah 694:2 quoting the ריטב"א, Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 7:27:7, Halichot Shlomo 19, Yeme Mishteh VeSimcha pg 247 in name of Rav Elyashiv
  4. ↑ Shaarei Teshuva 694 quoting the Zera Emet, Maharsha 7a, Kaf Hachaim 695:7, Teshuvot VeHanhagot, Piskei Teshuvot 694:6
  5. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 694:1)
  6. ↑ Piskei Teshuvot 694:8, Piskei Shemuot pg 144 quotes Rav Elyashiv who permits lechatchila
  7. ↑ Piskei Shemuot pg 144 quoting Rav Nassim Karlitz
  8. ↑ Piskei Teshuvot 694:2
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