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* B’orach Tzedaka 1:7 writes that there's no prohibition of not answering a letter asking for tzedaka. In the footnote he quotes this from Rav Elyashiv. Also, B’orach Tzedaka 1:8 writes that there's no prohibition not giving a gabbay tzedaka and quotes it from Rav Elyashiv, Rav Chaim Kanievsky, and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach unlike the Kol Eliyahu 2:19. Borach Tzedaka p. 404 quotes Rav Chaim Kanievsky that there's no prohibition if there is an agent asking on behalf of the poor person or a gabbay tzedaka. Rav Yakov Kamenetsky quoted in Bmechitzat Rabbenu p. 163 agreed. Orach Tzedaka p. 17 quotes Rav Elyashiv and Alenu Lshabe'ach v. 3 p. 710 that there's no prohibition from the torah with a letter unless the poor person is in front of you. All of these rulings are in line with the Rashba and not the Rishon Letzion. | * B’orach Tzedaka 1:7 writes that there's no prohibition of not answering a letter asking for tzedaka. In the footnote he quotes this from Rav Elyashiv. Also, B’orach Tzedaka 1:8 writes that there's no prohibition not giving a gabbay tzedaka and quotes it from Rav Elyashiv, Rav Chaim Kanievsky, and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach unlike the Kol Eliyahu 2:19. Borach Tzedaka p. 404 quotes Rav Chaim Kanievsky that there's no prohibition if there is an agent asking on behalf of the poor person or a gabbay tzedaka. Rav Yakov Kamenetsky quoted in Bmechitzat Rabbenu p. 163 agreed. Orach Tzedaka p. 17 quotes Rav Elyashiv and Alenu Lshabe'ach v. 3 p. 710 that there's no prohibition from the torah with a letter unless the poor person is in front of you. All of these rulings are in line with the Rashba and not the Rishon Letzion. | ||
* Laws of Tzedakah and Maaser p. 12 rules like the Rishon Letzion that knowledge is enough to violate the prohibition biblically. Also, Beer Moshe 4:92 holds that there is a biblical obligation to give when requested for tzedaka through a letter.</ref> | * Laws of Tzedakah and Maaser p. 12 rules like the Rishon Letzion that knowledge is enough to violate the prohibition biblically. Also, Beer Moshe 4:92 holds that there is a biblical obligation to give when requested for tzedaka through a letter.</ref> | ||
# If someone can afford to give ten percent to tzedaka and doesn’t give a poor person asking is in violation of לא תאמץ לבבך and לא תקפץ ידך.<ref>Chafetz Chaim (Ahavat Chesed 2:19:4 in fnt. s.v. uma)</ref> Some say that one only violates those prohibitions if they see a poor person asking for tzedaka.<ref>Mahari Kurkus (Matanot Aniyim 7:2), Rashba Shevuot 25a. However, the Rishon Letzion 247:1 holds like the Rambam (Sefer Hamitzvot Lavin 232) that the prohibitions apply even if one just knows about the poor person.</ref> | |||
==Who is obligated to give?== | ==Who is obligated to give?== | ||
