Mishloach Manot: Difference between revisions
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# If one gives Mishloach Manot through an institution and one will pay later, one fulfills the mitzvah. <ref>Halichot Shlomo 19:14 </ref> | # If one gives Mishloach Manot through an institution and one will pay later, one fulfills the mitzvah. <ref>Halichot Shlomo 19:14 </ref> | ||
# If one gave the Mishloach Manot and the receiver didn’t know until after [[purim]], one didn’t fulfill one’s obligation. Therefore, one should ensure that the recipient notices that he received it before sunset. <Ref> Aruch HaShulchan 695:16 writes that if the recipient doesn’t return home during the day and doesn’t know about it, even if his family accepts it for him, the giver doesn’t fulfill his obligation. Yalkut Yosef 695:4(28) agrees. 3. Moadei Yeshurun ([[Purim]] pg 59) quoting Rav Moshe disagrees with the Aruch HaShulchan. See, also, Adar VePurim (pg 158) who quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as saying that if a woman accepted Mishloach Manot on behalf of her husband, even if he didn’t know about it on [[purim]], nonetheless, the giver fulfills his obligation. </ref> | # If one gave the Mishloach Manot and the receiver didn’t know until after [[purim]], one didn’t fulfill one’s obligation. Therefore, one should ensure that the recipient notices that he received it before sunset. <Ref> Aruch HaShulchan 695:16 writes that if the recipient doesn’t return home during the day and doesn’t know about it, even if his family accepts it for him, the giver doesn’t fulfill his obligation. Yalkut Yosef 695:4(28) agrees. 3. Moadei Yeshurun ([[Purim]] pg 59) quoting Rav Moshe disagrees with the Aruch HaShulchan. See, also, Adar VePurim (pg 158) who quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as saying that if a woman accepted Mishloach Manot on behalf of her husband, even if he didn’t know about it on [[purim]], nonetheless, the giver fulfills his obligation. </ref> | ||
# It is possible for many community members to contribute to a joint mishloach manot and each one fulfills their obligation as long they each gave the amount that is enough to pay for one mishloach manot. It could be arranged before purim.<ref>[http://www.torahweb.org/torah/docs/rsch/RavSchachter-Corona-56-January-31-2021.pdf Rav Schachter (Corona teshuva #56)]</ref> | |||
==Who is obligated?== | ==Who is obligated?== | ||
