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#There is a biblical prohibition to harden your heart and not give tzedaka.<ref>Devarim 15:7, Sefer Hachinuch 478, Yereyim 202, Rambam (Sefer Hamitzvot Lavin 232), Smag 289</ref>There is a prohibition of turning away one’s eyes from a poor person’s request.<ref>Rambam (Matanot Laniyim 7:2), Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 247:1</ref> | #There is a biblical prohibition to harden your heart and not give tzedaka.<ref>Devarim 15:7, Sefer Hachinuch 478, Yereyim 202, Rambam (Sefer Hamitzvot Lavin 232), Smag 289</ref> There is a prohibition of turning away one’s eyes from a poor person’s request.<ref>Rambam (Matanot Laniyim 7:2), Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 247:1</ref> | ||
# There is a dispute if this prohibition of turning away one’s eyes from the poor applies only if one sees the poor person or even if one doesn’t see the poor person but knows that he is in need.<ref>Sefer Hamitzvot of Rambam (Lavin 232) implies that there’s a prohibition even if you just know about a poor person. Similarly, Rishon Letzion 247:1 prohibition applies even if you just know about the poor person even if you don’t see him. Beer Moshe 4:92, Shevet Halevi 5:131, and Laws of Tzedakah and Maaser p. 12 agree. | # There is a dispute if this prohibition of turning away one’s eyes from the poor applies only if one sees the poor person or even if one doesn’t see the poor person but knows that he is in need.<ref>Sefer Hamitzvot of Rambam (Lavin 232) implies that there’s a prohibition even if you just know about a poor person. Similarly, Rishon Letzion 247:1 prohibition applies even if you just know about the poor person even if you don’t see him. Beer Moshe 4:92, Shevet Halevi 5:131, and Laws of Tzedakah and Maaser p. 12 agree. | ||
* However, Rashba Shevuot 25a s.v. iylayma says that there’s only a mitzvah (and seemingly only a prohibition) if the poor person asks you. He also says that the mitzvah is only to give him his immediate needs like enough money for food and board for that day. Additionally, Mahari Kurkos (Matanot Aniyim 7:2) only asur if you see the poor person ask for money and not just if you know about his needs. Teshuvot Vehanhagot 3:287 s.v. vheneh also implies this.</ref> Most poskim hold that there is no prohibition unless the poor person is in one’s presence.<ref> | * However, Rashba Shevuot 25a s.v. iylayma says that there’s only a mitzvah (and seemingly only a prohibition) if the poor person asks you. He also says that the mitzvah is only to give him his immediate needs like enough money for food and board for that day. Additionally, Mahari Kurkos (Matanot Aniyim 7:2) only asur if you see the poor person ask for money and not just if you know about his needs. Teshuvot Vehanhagot 3:287 s.v. vheneh also implies this.</ref> Most poskim hold that there is no prohibition unless the poor person is in one’s presence.<ref> | ||
