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# 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 remembrance for him; it is fitting to do this <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:13 </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 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=== | ===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> | # 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> | ||
