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===Supporting Parents=== | ===Supporting Parents=== | ||
Maharam (Prague responsa 75) writes that it is permitted to spend maaser kesafim for supporting one's older children or one's parents if he's poor. | # A person whose parents are poor has an obligation to support them. If he can support them not using maaser kesafim he should do so, if not he may use maaser kesafim money for that.<Ref>Kiddushin 32a states that a person who spends maaser ani to support his parents should be cursed. Maharam (Prague responsa 75) writes that it is permitted to spend maaser kesafim for supporting one's older children or one's parents if he's poor. In responsa 541 he writes that if he supports his father with his maaser kesafim he should be cursed. Rama Y.D. 240:5 explains that if a person can afford supporting his parents without using tzedaka and instead he uses tzedaka he should be cursed, however, if he can't afford it he should support his parents with his tzedaka. Shach Y.D. 251:5 agrees.</ref> | ||
===Teaching One’s Children=== | ===Teaching One’s Children=== | ||
#Can paying to teach your son talmud count towards maaser? There is a major dispute and many are strict.<ref>Leket Yosher 76a writes that it is permitted to use maaser kesafim to teach one's son gemara since one only needs to teach him mikra and not gemara. | #Can paying to teach your son talmud count towards maaser? There is a major dispute and many are strict.<ref>Leket Yosher 76a writes that it is permitted to use maaser kesafim to teach one's son gemara since one only needs to teach him mikra and not gemara. | ||
