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# Drinks also satisfy the mitzvah. <Ref> Sh”t Trumat HaDeshen 111, Pri Chadash 695:4 (D”H Katuv BeTrumat), Aruch HaShulchan 695:14, Mishna Brurah 695:20, Chazon Ovadyah (purim pg 124) </ref> | # Drinks also satisfy the mitzvah. <Ref> Sh”t Trumat HaDeshen 111, Pri Chadash 695:4 (D”H Katuv BeTrumat), Aruch HaShulchan 695:14, Mishna Brurah 695:20, Chazon Ovadyah (purim pg 124) </ref> | ||
==Non-foods== | ==Non-foods== | ||
# One doesn’t fulfill the obligation with anything that’s non-food, such as clothing or cigarettes. <Ref> Darkei Moshe 695:7 quotes the Maharil that it’s preferable to send food and not other items. However, the Darkei Moshe also quotes the Sh”t Trumat HaDeshen 111 who writes that one doesn’t fulfill their obligation with anything other than food and drinks. So holds the Eliyah Rabba 695:9, Mishna Brurah 695:20, and Chazon Ovadyah (Purim pg 120) write that only food can be used and not clothing or other things against the Sh”t Halachot Ketonot 163 (quoted by Bear Hetiev 695:9), Nahar Shalom 695:2, and Sh”t Mei Yehuda 86. | # One doesn’t fulfill the obligation with anything that’s non-food, such as clothing or cigarettes. <Ref> Darkei Moshe 695:7 quotes the Maharil that it’s preferable to send food and not other items. However, the Darkei Moshe also quotes the Sh”t Trumat HaDeshen 111 who writes that one doesn’t fulfill their obligation with anything other than food and drinks. So holds the Eliyah Rabba 695:9, Mishna Brurah 695:20, and Chazon Ovadyah (Purim pg 120) write that only food can be used and not clothing or other things against the Sh”t Halachot Ketonot 163 (quoted by Bear Hetiev 695:9), Nahar Shalom 695:2, and Sh”t Mei Yehuda 86. </ref> | ||
# Some say one doesn’t fulfill one’s obligation by sending cigarettes. <ref> Similarly, Chazon Ovadyah (Purim pg 120-3), Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 9:33, and Sh”t Tirosh VeYitzhar 171:4 write that one doesn’t fulfill their obligation with cigarettes. However, Sh”t Divrei Yisrael (Waltz) 1:223 holds that one fulfills their obligation with cigarettes. See also Sh”t Rivivot Efraim 3:473:2 </ref> | # Some say one doesn’t fulfill one’s obligation by sending cigarettes. <ref> Similarly, Chazon Ovadyah (Purim pg 120-3), Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 9:33, and Sh”t Tirosh VeYitzhar 171:4 write that one doesn’t fulfill their obligation with cigarettes. However, Sh”t Divrei Yisrael (Waltz) 1:223 holds that one fulfills their obligation with cigarettes. See also Sh”t Rivivot Efraim 3:473:2 </ref> | ||
# Some say women who send to other women fulfill their obligation by sending clothes. <Ref> Sh”t Bet Sharim OC 380 since the gifts that women enjoy nowsdays is clothing, one fulfills their obligation by sending clothing. Sh”t Mishneh Halachot 4:91 (D”H VeTzipiti) also supports this idea. However, Chazon Ovadyah (Purim pg 121), and Sh”t Haychalei Shen (3rd edition, siman 8) argue that in order to fulfill the obligation of sending manot, even for women one must send food and not clothing in order to fulfill one’s obligation. </ref> | # Some say women who send to other women fulfill their obligation by sending clothes. <Ref> Sh”t Bet Sharim OC 380 since the gifts that women enjoy nowsdays is clothing, one fulfills their obligation by sending clothing. Sh”t Mishneh Halachot 4:91 (D”H VeTzipiti) also supports this idea. However, Chazon Ovadyah (Purim pg 121), and Sh”t Haychalei Shen (3rd edition, siman 8) argue that in order to fulfill the obligation of sending manot, even for women one must send food and not clothing in order to fulfill one’s obligation. </ref> | ||
# One doesn’t fulfill the obligation with money. <Ref> Sh”t Trumat HaDeshen 111 writes that such is implied from the Rambam who mentions money by Matanot LeEvyonim but not by Mishloach Manot. However, the Sefer Charedim (Siman 713) allows sending money. Chazon Ovadyah (Purim pg 120), Maharsham in Daat Torah (Siman 695), Erech HaShulchan (695:2), Sh”t Shlat Yacov 61 </ref> | # One doesn’t fulfill the obligation with money. <Ref> Sh”t Trumat HaDeshen 111 writes that such is implied from the Rambam who mentions money by Matanot LeEvyonim but not by Mishloach Manot. However, the Sefer Charedim (Siman 713) allows sending money. Chazon Ovadyah (Purim pg 120), Maharsham in Daat Torah (Siman 695), Erech HaShulchan (695:2), Sh”t Shlat Yacov 61 </ref> | ||
# Additionally, one doesn’t fulfill their obligation by sending Chiddushei Torah. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah (Purim pg 123), Sh”t Mishneh Halachot 4:91 </ref> | # Additionally, one doesn’t fulfill their obligation by sending Chiddushei Torah. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah (Purim pg 123), Sh”t Mishneh Halachot 4:91 </ref> | ||
==How the gift is sent== | ==How the gift is sent== | ||
# Some say that one should send the Mishloach Manot through a messenger. <Ref> Sh”t Binyan Tzion 44, Chatom Sofer on Gittin 22b, Mishna Brurah 695:18, Sh”T Yafeh Lelev (vol 2, 695:19) </ref> Many others argue. <Ref> Maadeni Shlomo pg 121 writes that the Chazon Ish used to do Mishloach Manot by himself and not a שליח. Chazon Ovadyah (pg 143-5) we he quotes Rav Ezra Attiyah and himself (Rav Ovadyah Yosef) concludes that one doesn’t need to send Mishloach Manot through a שליח. Sh”t Yehuda Yaaleh OC 207, Eshel Avraham 695, Sh”t Nachalat Binyamin 136, Sh”t Elef Lecha Shlomo OC 383, Sh”t Yad HaLevi OC 118 argue on the Binyan Tzion. See Sh”t Yabea Omer 9:71 who writes that one can rely on a שליח to fulfill his mission. </ref> | # Some say that one should send the Mishloach Manot through a messenger. <Ref> Sh”t Binyan Tzion 44, Chatom Sofer on Gittin 22b, Mishna Brurah 695:18, Sh”T Yafeh Lelev (vol 2, 695:19) </ref> Many others argue. <Ref> Maadeni Shlomo pg 121 writes that the Chazon Ish used to do Mishloach Manot by himself and not a שליח. Chazon Ovadyah (pg 143-5) we he quotes Rav Ezra Attiyah and himself (Rav Ovadyah Yosef) concludes that one doesn’t need to send Mishloach Manot through a שליח. Sh”t Yehuda Yaaleh OC 207, Eshel Avraham 695, Sh”t Nachalat Binyamin 136, Sh”t Elef Lecha Shlomo OC 383, Sh”t Yad HaLevi OC 118 argue on the Binyan Tzion. See Sh”t Yabea Omer 9:71 who writes that one can rely on a שליח to fulfill his mission. </ref> | ||
