"It is an affirmative command to give tzedaka to the poor of Israel. ... Anyone who sees a poor man begging alms and turns away his glance from him and does not give him tzedaka transgresses a negative command, as it is said, "You shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand to your needy brother" (Deuteronomy 15:7)."
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Shlomo Ganzfried
Shlomo Ganzfried or Salomo ben Joseph Ganzfried (1804 β 30 July 1886) was an Orthodox rabbi best known as author of the work of Halakha (Jewish law), the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.
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