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==Maaser Kesafim== | ==Maaser Kesafim== | ||
'''For Sefardim''': There is a praiseworthy minhag to give a tenth of one’s income in charity every year. Before accepting this minhag one should stipulate that one will be able to use the money set aside for Maaser could be used for Mitzvot. | '''For Sefardim''': There is a praiseworthy minhag to give a tenth of one’s income in charity every year. Before accepting this minhag one should stipulate that one will be able to use the money set aside for Maaser could be used for Mitzvot. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A YD 247:10) </ref> | ||
# If one has financial difficulty one should stipulate from the beginning that one will only give Maaser after having subtracted all of one’s expenses from one’s incomes. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A YD 247:10) </ref> | # If one has financial difficulty one should stipulate from the beginning that one will only give Maaser after having subtracted all of one’s expenses from one’s incomes. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A YD 247:10) </ref> | ||
'''For Ashkenazim''': | '''For Ashkenazim''': | ||
# The first year, one takes 1/10th of his principle. From then on, one takes 1/10th of the total of one's income minus one's living expenses. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:4 </ref>. | # The first year, one takes 1/10th of his principle. From then on, one takes 1/10th of the total of one's income minus one's living expenses. <ref> Shulchan Aruch YD 249:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:4 </ref>. | ||
# | # The standard obligation is 1/10 but the choicest Mitzvah is to give 1/5th of one's income to tzedaka. <ref> Shulchan Aruch YD 249:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:4 </ref> One shouldn't give more than a 1/5 so that one doesn't become poor himself except before he is going to die. <ref>Ketubot 67b, Rama YD 249:1</ref> | ||
What to do with the Ma'aser money? | What to do with the Ma'aser money? | ||
