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# 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> | # 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> | ||
# If one has financial difficulty one should stipulate from the beginning that one will only give Maaser after having subtracted all of one’s expenses from one’s incomes. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A YD 247:10) </ref> | # If one has financial difficulty one should stipulate from the beginning that one will only give Maaser after having subtracted all of one’s expenses from one’s incomes. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A YD 247:10) </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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