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==Maaser Kesafim== | ==Maaser Kesafim== | ||
'''For Sefardim''': 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 Mitzvot. <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> | ||
'''For Ashkenazim''': | |||
# The first year, one takes 1/10th of his principle. From then on, one takes 1/10th of the total of one's income minus one's living expenses. <ref> KSA 34:4 </ref>. | |||
# That was an average measure. The choicest Mitzvah is to give 1/5th of one's income <ref> ibid. </ref>. | |||
==Taking Tzedaka== | ==Taking Tzedaka== | ||
# A person should endeavor to refrain from taking charity and endure some hardship in order not to take charity. Chazal state that it is preferable to make your [[Shabbat]] meal like a weekday rather than take from charity. (See the [[Kavod Shabbat]] page for the practical laws about how a poor person should fulfill [[Kavod Shabbat]].) Anyone who presses himself to live with difficulty without taking charity is blessed to one day have enough money to support others. Nonetheless, one who needs to take from charity in order to live and doesn't take is sinning.<ref>Kitzur S"A 34:15-16</ref> | # A person should endeavor to refrain from taking charity and endure some hardship in order not to take charity. Chazal state that it is preferable to make your [[Shabbat]] meal like a weekday rather than take from charity. (See the [[Kavod Shabbat]] page for the practical laws about how a poor person should fulfill [[Kavod Shabbat]].) Anyone who presses himself to live with difficulty without taking charity is blessed to one day have enough money to support others. Nonetheless, one who needs to take from charity in order to live and doesn't take is sinning.<ref>Kitzur S"A 34:15-16</ref> | ||
