By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Devarim, Perek Tes Vov, posuk zayin the Torah teaches us that if a poor person comes to you asking for tzedaka, you may not close your fists and not give. You have the obligation of an asseh and a lo sasseh to make sure to give tzedaka.
The Gemara in Gittin, daf zayin, amud bais says that a poor person who survives on what other people give him as tzedaka is still required to give tzedaka to others. If a poor person practices this and gives tzedaka, he will be helped and he will not be poor anymore. The Tur and Shulchan Aruch in Yoreh Deah, siman resh mem ches pasken that a poor person must give tzedaka,
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