Positive Commandment #250 of 613
Give charity to those in need
Commandment #250 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 15:8, classified under Providing for the Poor in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“but you shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks.”
— Deuteronomy 15:8
Hebrew
ח כִּי-פָתֹחַ תִּפְתַּח אֶת-יָדְךָ, לוֹ; וְהַעֲבֵט, תַּעֲבִיטֶנּוּ, דֵּי מַחְסֹרוֹ, אֲשֶׁר יֶחְסַר לוֹ.
Greek (Septuagint)
8 ἀνοίγων ἀνοίξεις τὰς χεῖράς σου αὐτῷ, δάνειον δανιεῖς αὐτῷ ὅσον ἐπιδέεται, καθ᾿ ὅσον ἐνδεεῖται.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Providing for the Poor
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 15
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Re'eh
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #479
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsGifts to the Poor
Related Commandments in “Providing for the Poor”
#239: Leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor
Leviticus 19:10
#240: Do not reap the corner of a field left for the poor
Leviticus 19:9
#241: Leave gleanings of a field for the poor
Leviticus 19:9
#242: Do not gather gleanings of a crop but leave them for the poor
Leviticus 19:9
#243: Leave the gleanings of a vineyard for the poor
Leviticus 19:10
#244: Do not gather the gleanings of a vineyard but leave them for the poor
Leviticus 19:10
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