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# One should be very careful not to raise his voice against or embarrass a poor person <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:8 </ref>. | # One should be very careful not to raise his voice against or embarrass a poor person <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:8 </ref>. | ||
# There is doubt whether it counts as [[Tzedaka]] if you give [[Tzedaka]] to someone who is a fraud. Therefore, one must attempt to verify whether the person is poor before one gives <ref> http://www.ravaviner.com/2010/02/giving-tzedakah-to-beggars.html </ref>. | # There is doubt whether it counts as [[Tzedaka]] if you give [[Tzedaka]] to someone who is a fraud. Therefore, one must attempt to verify whether the person is poor before one gives <ref> http://www.ravaviner.com/2010/02/giving-tzedakah-to-beggars.html </ref>. | ||
# A person shouldn't accept honor by virtue of the [[Tzedaka]] that he gives; however, if he donates something, it is permitted for his name to be written on it, so that it should be a | # A person shouldn't accept honor by virtue of the [[Tzedaka]] that he gives; however, if he donates something, it is permitted for his name to be written on it, so that it should be a remembrance for him; it is fitting to do this <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:13 </ref>. | ||
===Collectors of Tzedaka=== | |||
# Someone collecting tzedaka should not do so in the middle of Chazarat Hashatz or Kiryat Hatorah since it disturbs the concentration of those who are davening and listening to kriyat hatorah.<ref>Pri Megadim M"Z 566:3</ref> | |||
==Who is obligated to give?== | ==Who is obligated to give?== | ||
