I have recently been hit with some financial issues, so I have to tighten my wallet.
Who takes priority in the giving of Tzedakah?
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1עניי עירך קודמים – shmosel Mar 10 '24 at 03:29
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1highly related (duplicate?): https://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/109043/11501 – mbloch Mar 10 '24 at 04:03
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1see also: How to distribute tzedakah percentage wise? and the last link (https://dinonline.org/2010/08/12/laws-of-tzedakah-part-ii-who-to-give-first/) – mbloch Mar 10 '24 at 04:03
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1on why Israel deserves tsedaka despite being far away for some: How can tzedakah to the needy of Israel be justified? – mbloch Mar 10 '24 at 04:05
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Yourself....... – sam Mar 12 '24 at 23:53
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הגה: פרנסת עצמו קודמת לכל אדם, ואינו חייב לתת צדקה עד שיהיה לו פרנסתו – sam Mar 12 '24 at 23:58
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@sam -- Not quite. Even a poor person dependent on charity must himself give some charity. See, e.g., https://baishavaad.org/does-someone-taking-tzedakah-have-to-give-tzedakah/ – Maurice Mizrahi Mar 13 '24 at 00:10
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You are referring to the shlish hashekel which is for the poor too,the Rama is talking beyond that chiuyv – sam Mar 13 '24 at 00:15
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Relatives have priority over strangers in receiving charity. The poor of one's own community have priority over others. And the poor of Eretz Yisrael have priority over everybody else. [Shulḥan Arukh, Yoreh Deah 251:3]
And in most cases women have priority over men in receiving charity. [Shulḥan Arukh, Yoreh Deah 251:8]
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@shmosel -- I am sure I read that somewhere but I can't find it. I'll keep looking. At any rate, it's not in the reference I gave, so I deleted it for now. – Maurice Mizrahi Mar 12 '24 at 23:40
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@shmosel -- I found one source, but not the one I remember. "In most instances, one should prioritize to provide tzedakah to a needy woman ahead of a man." in https://www.yeshiva.co/midrash/6499 – Maurice Mizrahi Mar 12 '24 at 23:51
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1איש ואשה שבאו לשאול מזון -- מקדימין אשה לאיש. וכן אם באו לשאול כסות. וכן אם באו יתום ויתומה לינשא -- מקדימין להשיא היתומה. YD 251:8 – sam Mar 12 '24 at 23:56
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@shmosel -- Another source: "If a man and a woman come to ask for food, we first provide for the woman before the man. The same priority applies if they come to ask for clothing. If a male orphan and a female orphan need funds for weddings, we are obligated to first marry off the female orphan." and "We redeem women before men." in https://www.ezrastorah.org/tzedaka_archives.php – Maurice Mizrahi Mar 12 '24 at 23:58
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@sam -- Thanks, Sam. OK, I put it back in. And that was my original source. – Maurice Mizrahi Mar 13 '24 at 00:02