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==How much to give==
==How much to give==
# The community should supply a poor person who asks in private the amount he is lacking with respect to his previous standard of living. However, to a poor person who is knocking on doors the community only needs to give him money for 2 meals and a place to stay. <Ref>Kitzur S”A 34:3 </ref>
# The community should supply a poor person who asks in private the amount he is lacking with respect to his previous standard of living. However, to a poor person who is knocking on doors the community only needs to give him money for 2 meals and a place to stay. <Ref>Kitzur S”A 34:3 </ref>
# It is better to give a lot of poor people a little money, then to give one poor person a lot of money. <ref> Rambam Peirush Hamishnayot Avot 3:15 </ref>
==Maaser Kesafim==
==Maaser Kesafim==
# There is a praiseworthy minhag to give a tenth of one’s income in charity every year. Before accepting this minhag one should stipulate that one will be able to use the money set aside for Maaser could be used for מצות. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A YD 247:10) </ref>
# There is a praiseworthy minhag to give a tenth of one’s income in charity every year. Before accepting this minhag one should stipulate that one will be able to use the money set aside for Maaser could be used for מצות. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A YD 247:10) </ref>