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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, | # Matanot LeEvyonim should be given during the day and not the night of [[purim]]. <Ref> Rama 695:5, Magen 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, Sh"t Mahari Assad 207, Daat Torah 695:4, Sh"t Chelkat Yaakov 1:102, Piskei Teshuvot 694:8 </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> | ||
