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# It is forbidden to institute that a poor person can't collect from the community by knocking on doors or in the shuls because the institution of having a communal fund is supposed to help the poor but not remove their right to request individuals for tzedaka. Also, it would be a terrible thing if the individuals aren't involved in giving out tzedaka at all.<ref>Mishna Halachot 13:173. He quotes a letter from Rav Chaim Pinchas Sheinberg who agreed with him. Psakim Vteshuvot 251:15 quotes this.</ref> | # It is forbidden to institute that a poor person can't collect from the community by knocking on doors or in the shuls because the institution of having a communal fund is supposed to help the poor but not remove their right to request individuals for tzedaka. Also, it would be a terrible thing if the individuals aren't involved in giving out tzedaka at all.<ref>Mishna Halachot 13:173. He quotes a letter from Rav Chaim Pinchas Sheinberg who agreed with him. Psakim Vteshuvot 251:15 quotes this.</ref> | ||
# If it turned out that someone gave tzedaka to someone who wasn't honestly a poor person it is questionable if one fulfilled any mitzvah of tzedaka.<ref>Bava Batra 9b and Yad Ramah there implies there's no mitzvah. Mishna Halacha 13:173 s.v. biram assumes there's a partial mitzvah.</ref> | # If it turned out that someone gave tzedaka to someone who wasn't honestly a poor person it is questionable if one fulfilled any mitzvah of tzedaka.<ref>Bava Batra 9b and Yad Ramah there implies there's no mitzvah. Mishna Halacha 13:173 s.v. biram assumes there's a partial mitzvah.</ref> | ||
#A person doesn’t have to lend another Jew money unless they know that they’re trustworthy.<Ref>Mishna Halachot 14:211</ref> | |||
==How Much Should a Person Give?== | ==How Much Should a Person Give?== | ||
