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===Non-Jew’s Donation to Shul=== | ===Non-Jew’s Donation to Shul=== | ||
#It is forbidden to redesignate the donation of a non-Jew to a shul. After people forgot the name of the person who donated the item to the shul it is permitted to redesignate it for another mitzvah.<ref>Gemara Erchin 6b</ref> | #It is forbidden to redesignate the donation of a non-Jew to a shul. After people forgot the name of the person who donated the item to the shul it is permitted to redesignate it for another mitzvah.<ref>Gemara Erchin 6b</ref> | ||
===Tzedaka Box=== | |||
#It is permitted to exchange one's coins or bills in a personal or communal tzedaka box, whether one wants to put in small coins and take out larger coins or bills, or to put in a large bill and take out small coins.<ref>[https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=8978&pgnum=161 Tzedeka Umishpat 8:5], Laws of Tzedakah and Maaser p. 115. [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=8978&st=&pgnum=168 Tzedaka Umishpat ch. 8 fnt. 25] writes that even for a communal tzedaka box it is permitted to exchange one's coins even if the money is considered as though it reached the gabbay's hands. He says that it is permitted since the treasurer appointed over the tzedaka doesn't care if people exchange it is permitted. See, however, Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 259:1.</ref> Nonetheless, the common custom is to leave extra for tzedaka when doing so.<ref>Laws of Tzedakah and Maaser p. 115</ref> | |||
==Communal Obligation of Charity Funds== | ==Communal Obligation of Charity Funds== | ||
