Charity: Difference between revisions
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===Whatever He Needs=== | ===Whatever He Needs=== | ||
#The obligation to give a poor person whatever he needs is an obligation of the community. If an individual is requested he is allowed to ask the congregation on his behalf to fill all of his needs.<Ref>[https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=8978&pgnum=63 Tzedaka Umishpat 3:2] rules like the Rama. In fnt. 8 he says from Rashi the requested has to go to the gabbay tzedaka or community and can’t force the poor person to do that.</reF> | #The obligation to give a poor person whatever he needs is an obligation of the community. If an individual is requested he is allowed to ask the congregation on his behalf to fill all of his needs.<Ref>[https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=8978&pgnum=63 Tzedaka Umishpat 3:2] rules like the Rama. In fnt. 8 he says from Rashi the requested has to go to the gabbay tzedaka or community and can’t force the poor person to do that.</reF> | ||
==Redeeming Captives== | |||
#It is a very great mitzvah to redeem a Jew in captivity.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 252:1</ref> | |||
#Someone in captivity who doesn't want to be saved should be redeemed against his will.<ref>[https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=628&pgnum=216 Bet Yakov 148] writes that someone who is in captivity and doesn't want to be freed can be freed against his will and the one who paid for his freedom should be repaid for that person's assets. See Yad Eliyahu 74 s.v. v’ein who seems to disagree. Pitchei Teshuva 252:9 cites this dispute.</ref> | |||
==Related Pages== | ==Related Pages== | ||
# [[Matanot_LeEvyonim]] | # [[Matanot_LeEvyonim]] | ||
