Charity: Difference between revisions
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# It is better to give a lot of poor people a little money, then to give one poor person a lot of money.<ref> Rambam Peirush Hamishnayot Avot 3:15 </ref> | # It is better to give a lot of poor people a little money, then to give one poor person a lot of money.<ref> Rambam Peirush Hamishnayot Avot 3:15 </ref> | ||
# One who gives to charity shouldn't give more than a fifth of his income, so that he doesn't become poor himself during his life; on his death bed, he can give up to 1/3 of his inheritance to charity <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:4 </ref>. | # One who gives to charity shouldn't give more than a fifth of his income, so that he doesn't become poor himself during his life; on his death bed, he can give up to 1/3 of his inheritance to charity <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:4 </ref>. | ||
# One is forbidden to turn away a beggar empty-handed, even if one only gives him one fig. If one doesn't have any money, one should comfort him with words <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:8 </ref>. | ===Not Turning Away a Poor Person Emptihanded=== | ||
# One is forbidden to turn away a beggar empty-handed, even if one only gives him a very small amount of money.<ref>Derech Emunah 7:5 understands that one should give something even if it is as small as a fig implies that it can be even less than a pruta.</ref> If one doesn't have any money, one should comfort him with words.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:8 </ref> Therefore, a should budget himself not to give out all of his tzedaka at once so that he has a little bit of tzedaka available throughout the year.<ref>Laws of Tzedakah and Maaser p. 12</ref> | |||
===More than 20%=== | ===More than 20%=== | ||
