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==When should Matanot L'evyonim be given?== | ==When should Matanot L'evyonim be given?== | ||
# Matanot LeEvyonim should be given during the day and not the night of purim. <Ref> Magan Avraham 695:13, Mishna Brurah 695:22 </ref> | # Matanot LeEvyonim should be given during the day and not the night of purim. <Ref> Rama 695:5, Magan Avraham 695:13, Mishna Brurah 695:22. Rav Moshe Feinstein is quoted in Balayla Hahu page 19 that if one cannot give during the day one can give at night even before the megilla is read. </ref> | ||
# If one gives Matanot LeEvyonim before purim and is sure that the poor person won’t use it before Purim one fulfilled one’s obligation and some are strict to give it on the day of Purim itself. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 694:8, Piskei Shemuot pg 144 quotes Rav Elyashiv who permits lechatchila </ref> Similarly, before Purim one can give it to a messenger (Shaliach) who will give it on Purim itself. <Ref>Piskei Shemuot pg 144 quoting Rav Nassim Karlitz </ref> | # If one gives Matanot LeEvyonim before purim and is sure that the poor person won’t use it before Purim one fulfilled one’s obligation and some are strict to give it on the day of Purim itself. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 694:8, Piskei Shemuot pg 144 quotes Rav Elyashiv who permits lechatchila </ref> Similarly, before Purim one can give it to a messenger (Shaliach) who will give it on Purim itself. <Ref>Piskei Shemuot pg 144 quoting Rav Nassim Karlitz </ref> | ||
# One is permitted to give a check as long as one can draw the money on Purim, meaning the check is not postdated and the banks must be open. <ref> Mishnah Halachot 6:122 </ref> | |||
==How much does one have to give for Matanot L'evyonim== | ==How much does one have to give for Matanot L'evyonim== | ||
# One is obligated to give two gifts of charity to two poor people, one to each person. <Ref>S”A 694:1 </ref> | # One is obligated to give two gifts of charity to two poor people, one to each person. <Ref>S”A 694:1 </ref> | ||
# Some say that the amount one should give for each of the poor people is at least [[Measurements#Prutah| Prutah]] (which is 2.5 Agurot which is a 1/25 of a Shekel) <ref>Mishna Brurah 694:2 quotes the Ritva saying that one fulfills one's obligation even with two prutot (one [[Measurements#Prutah|prutah]] per poor person). Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 7:27(7) (at end) seems to agree that this is the accepted halacha | # Some say that the amount one should give for each of the poor people is at least [[Measurements#Prutah| Prutah]] (which is 2.5 Agurot which is a 1/25 of a Shekel) <ref>Mishna Brurah 694:2 quotes the Ritva saying that one fulfills one's obligation even with two prutot (one [[Measurements#Prutah|prutah]] per poor person). Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 7:27(7) (at end) seems to agree that this is the accepted halacha</ref> whereas others say the minimum amount is how much it would cost to buy a meal of 3 [[Measurements#KeBaytzah| KeBaytzim]] of bread. <Ref>Shaarei Teshuva 694:1 quoting the Zera Emet 1:11, Maharsha (Megillah 7a), Kaf HaChaim 695:7, Teshuvot VeHanhagot 3:231, Piskei Teshuvot 694:6 </ref> It’s proper to be strict for the second opinion. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 694:1). Similarly, Yeme Mishteh VeSimcha pg 244 quotes Rav Elyashiv as saying that even though one fulfills one's obligation with a Prutah, nonetheless, it's proper to give each poor person about 5 shekalim which is an amount which would make the poor person happy. Halichot Shlomo (chap 19, note 62) quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman as having said that in order to fulfill all opinions one should give an amount which is significant by the giver and by the taker's standards. </ref> | ||
==Who should one give Matanot L'evyonim to?== | ==Who should one give Matanot L'evyonim to?== | ||
# Nowadays, someone who doesn’t have a stable income that can support one’s family for normal expenses and doesn’t have property that’s not usually used and could be sold or if one has abnormal expenses such as for medical bills, or making a wedding for which one can not afford, is considered a poor person regarding this mitzvah. <ref>Piskei Teshuvot 694:2 </ref> | # Nowadays, someone who doesn’t have a stable income that can support one’s family for normal expenses and doesn’t have property that’s not usually used and could be sold or if one has abnormal expenses such as for medical bills, or making a wedding for which one can not afford, is considered a poor person regarding this mitzvah. <ref>Piskei Teshuvot 694:2 </ref> | ||
