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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>. | ||
===Accepting Honor for Tzedaka=== | ===Accepting Honor for Tzedaka=== | ||
# A person shouldn't accept honor by virtue of the [[Tzedaka]] that he gives | # A person shouldn't accept honor by virtue of the [[Tzedaka]] that he gives.<ref>Smag (Asin 162), Meiri b"b 10b, Rama Y.D. 249:13, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:13</ref> | ||
#It is permitted and even recommended for the donor to get recognition for his donation by having his name written on it.<ref> Rashba (responsa 581), Rama Y.D. 249:13, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:13. The Rashba shows that it is a good thing to recognize those who donate to charity from the [https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%94_%D7%94_%D7%95 Midrash Rut 5:6]. The Midrash says that if Reuven would have known that the Torah would have recorded that he tried to save Yosef he would have carried on his shoulders and brought him home. Also, if Aharon would have known that the story of him greeting Moshe happily when he was accepted to be the leader of Israel he would have went to greet him with musical instruments. Lastly, if Boaz would have known that the Navi would have written about him that he gave Rut some roasted grain he would have instead given her fatten calves. The Rashba concludes that the reason that the Torah records these stories is to recognize the good deeds each person did so we can learn from them. So too we can and should recognize those who donor to tzedaka for them to be able to remember and also to encourage others.</ref> | |||
===Time for Tzedaka=== | ===Time for Tzedaka=== | ||
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