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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>. | ||
#There is no specific time for Tzedaka and even though some kabbalists say that one shouldn't give it at night, the consensus is that it is totally acceptable to give tzedaka at night.<ref> Some learned from the Arizal that he didn't give tzedaka at night because nighttime is a time of judgement (see [https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%99_%D7%AA%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%94/%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A9_%D7%91 Shaar Kavanot Mincha Drush 2]). However, the Chida in Petach Ayanim Bava Kama 16b rejects that positions and maintains that it is certainly a mitzvah to give tzedaka at night. Rav Chaim Palagi Haggadah p. 130 discusses this topic.</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?== | ||
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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> | ||
# If someone losses money by losing it or theft it can be deducted from one's earnings of the year before calculating maaser.<ref>The Laws of Tzedakah and Maaser (p. 140)</ref> | |||
What to do with the Ma'aser money? | What to do with the Ma'aser money? | ||
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