יורה דעה ר״נYoreh De'ah 250

Se’if 1א׳

כַּמָּה נוֹתְנִין לְעָנִי, דֵּי מַחְסוֹרוֹ אֲשֶׁר יֶחְסַר לוֹ. כֵּיצַד, אִם הָיָה רָעֵב, יַאֲכִילוּהוּ. הָיָה צָרִיךְ לִכְסוּת, יְכַסוּהוּ. אֵין לוֹ כְּלֵי בָּיִת, קוֹנֶה לוֹ כְּלֵי בָּיִת. וַאֲפִלּוּ אִם הָיָה דַּרְכּוֹ לִרְכֹּב עַל סוּס, וְעֶבֶד לָרוּץ לְפָנָיו כְּשֶׁהָיָה עָשִׁיר, וְהֶעֱנִי, קוֹנֶה לוֹ סוּס וְעֶבֶד. וְכֵן לְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד. לְפִי מַה שֶּׁצָּרִיךְ. הָרָאוּי לָתֵת לוֹ פַּת, נוֹתְנִים לוֹ פַּת. עִסָה, נוֹתְנִים לוֹ עִסָה. מִטָּה, נוֹתְנִים לוֹ מִטָּה. הָרָאוּי לִתֵּן לוֹ פַּת חַמָּה, חַמָּה. צוֹנֵן, צוֹנֵן. לְהַאֲכִילוֹ לְתוֹךְ פִּיו, מַאֲכִילִין. אֵין לוֹ אִשָּׁה וּבָא לִשָּׂא, מַשִּׂיאִין לוֹ. וְשׂוֹכְרִים לוֹ בַּיִת וּמַצִּיעִים לוֹ מִטָּה וּכְלֵי תַּשְׁמִישׁוֹ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ מַשִּׂיאִין לוֹ אִשָּׁה. הַגָּה: וְנִרְאֶה דְּכָל זֶה בְּגַבָּאֵי צְדָקָה, אוֹ רַבִּים בְּיַחַד, אֲבָל אֵין הַיָּחִיד מְחֻיָּב לִתֵּן לְעָנִי דֵּי מַחְסוֹרוֹ, אֶלָּא מוֹדִיעַ צַעֲרוֹ לָרַבִּים, וְאִם אֵין רַבִּים אֶצְלוֹ יִתֵּן הַיָּחִיד, אִם יָדוֹ מַשֶּׂגֶת. (בֵּית יוֹסֵף וּדְלֹא כְּמַשְׁמָעוּת הַטּוּר), וּכְמוֹ שֶׁנִּתְבָּאֵר סִימָן רמ"ט.

How much do we give to the poor person? As much as his lack which he is lacking. How is this? [If] he was hungry, he should feed him. [If] he was needing clothing, he should clothe him. [If] he does not have household items, he should buy him household items. And even if it was his way to ride on a horse and [had] a servant to run in front of him when he was rich - and he became poor - he should buy him a horse and a servant. And so [too] with each and every one, according to what he needs. To the one to whom it is fitting to give bread, we give bread; to the one to whom it is fitting to give dough, we give dough; a bed, we give a bed; to the one to whom it is fitting to give warm bread, warm bread; cool [bread], cool [bread]; to feed him into his mouth, we feed. If he doesn't have a wife and wants to marry, we [help] him get married - and we rent him a house and set up his bed and the vessels that he will [need] to use, and then we [help] him marry. Gloss (Ramah): And it appears that all of this is with regards to a charity administrator or the [whole] community together; but an individual is not obligated to give to a poor person as much as his lack. Rather he makes known his trouble publicly; and if there is no community with him, the individual gives if he has the ability (Beit Yosef, and not like the implication of Tur), and as is elucidated in Section 249.

Se’if 2ב׳

אִשָּׁה שֶׁבָּאָה לִנָּשֵׂא, לֹא יִפְחֲתוּ לָהּ מנ' זוּז. וְאִם יֵשׁ בַּכִּיס, מְפַרְנְסִים אוֹתָהּ לְפִי כְּבוֹדָהּ. וְעַיֵּן לְקַמָּן סִימָן רנ"ז אִם הַגַּבָּאִים צְרִיכִים לִלְווֹת.

A woman who comes to be married — they shall not give her less than fifty zuz. And if there is enough in the purse, they provide for her according to her honour. And see below, siman 257, whether the collectors must borrow.

Se’if 3ג׳

עָנִי הַמְחַזֵּר עַל הַפְּתָחִים, אֵין נוֹתְנִין לוֹ מֵהַקֻּפָּה מַתָּנָה מְרֻבָּה, אֶלָּא מַתָּנָה מוּעֶטֶת (רַשִׁ"י וְהָרֹא"שׁ וְהַפּוֹסְקִים כִּדְאִיתָא בב"י).

A poor man who goes around from door to door — they do not give him a large gift from the kupah (the fund out of which the poor of the town are supported week by week), but a small gift (Rashi and the Rosh and the poskim, as it is in Beit Yosef).