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Silver, i.e., white, tablecloths [telei] or gold, i.e., colored, tablecloths? Clearly, then, they are not entitled to charity. R' Ḥanina said: This is what R' Elazar said: Come and let us appreciate the swindlers who ask for charity that they do not need, because were it not for them, who comman
And R' Ḥiyya bar Rav of Difti taught: R' Yehoshua ben Korḥa says: With regard to anyone who averts his eyes from the obligation to give charity, it is as if he engages in idol worship. It is written here concerning charity: “Beware that there be not a base [beliya’al] thought in your heart…and yo
The Talmud cites a baraita relating to swindlers who collect charity. A baraita states: One who falsely blinds his eye, and one who bloats his stomach as if he were sick, and one who falsely crushes [mekape’aḥ] his leg, in order to benefit dishonestly from charity, will not depart from the world be
§ We learned in a Mishnah elsewhere (Pe’a 8:8): Who is entitled to receive charity? Whoever has less than 200 dinars. However, the administrators of the charities do not require him to sell his house and his accessories to reach the threshold of 200 dinars. For the purposes of charity, his wealth is
Rav Zevid said: This is not difficult. This source, which requires him to sell wares and lower his standard of living, speaks of a bed and a table, and that source, which does not require him to sell his accessories, speaks of his cups and plates. The Talmud asks: What is different about cups and