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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. | ||
# 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) | # 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) and Sh”t Halachot Ketanot 2:163 allow sending money. Sh”t Yachava Daat 6:45, Chazon Ovadyah (Purim pg 120), Maharsham in Daat Torah (Siman 695), Erech HaShulchan (695:2), and Sh”t Shlat Yacov 61 hold like the Trumat HaDeshen. </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> | ||
# Some say that one fulfills one’s obligation by sending candies to someone with diabetes or food that the receiver is allergic to, or unhealthy foods to someone on a diet. <Ref>Sh”t Yabea Omer (additions) 9:74, Halichot Shlomo 19:11, Piskei Teshuvot 695:20 </ref> | |||
# One fulfills the mitzvah by sending fruit that grew with Kedushat Shemitta as long as one lets him know that they are Kedushat Shemitta. Similarly, if one received Mishloach Manot from one person, one may return Mishloach Manot to that person with fruit with Kedushat Shemitta and some say that one should only do so after one already fulfilled the mitzvah with giving one other Mishloach Manot. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (pg 154), Yalkut Yosef (HaSheviyit pg 423), Halichot Shlomo (vol 2 19:10) </ref> | |||
# If one sent a slaughtered bird and it turns out to be Taref one needs to send another food in it’s place. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (pg 150) </ref> | |||
# If one sent Mishloach Manot and it was stolen one should resend the Mishloach Manot. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 337, Kitzur S”A 694:4(50)) </ref> | |||
==How the gift is sent== | ==How the gift is sent== | ||
