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On our daf we are told that we really ought to appreciate false solicitors of charity.
Were it not for them, we would be held accountable for turning away any person in serious need.
Since there are some rogues who do prey on the well-intentioned, we are no longer duty-bound to assume that everyone we meet who asks for our assistance is actually in desperate need.
We explore the limits of charitable giving , the halachic ramifications, and Greg Gardner's review of poverty in Early rabbinic Judaism.