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Kitzur Shulchan Aruch

Name: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch
Author: Shlomo Ganzfried

The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch , first published in 1864, is a work of halacha written by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried. The work was written in simple Hebrew, making it easy for the lay person to understand, and leading to its great popularity.

“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"”

Shlomo Ganzfried book Kitzur Shulchan Aruch

Deuteronomy 15:7
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch

“A man should also take heart that life is like a revolving wheel, and in the end he or his son or his son's son may be reduced to taking tzedaka. He should not think, therefore, "How shall I diminish my property in order to give to the poor." Instead, he should realize that his property is not his own, but only deposited with him in trust to do with as the Depositor (God) wishes.”

Shlomo Ganzfried book Kitzur Shulchan Aruch

Kitzur Shulchan Aruch

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