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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> 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> | # 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, Sh"t Mahari Assad 207, Daat Torah 695:4, Sh"t Chelkat Yaakov 1:102, Piskei Teshuvot 694:8 </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 are open. <ref> Mishnah Halachot 6:122 </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 are 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== | ||
