Cherrybim, if you had every reason to assume it’s a kosher esrog then yes. If it was based on peshiah then no. A human being in need of tzedakah, however, is not an esrog. Unless you know he’s lying, a diyun lekaf zechus is that he’s not, and you have a chiyuv to give him. Therefore, a ratzon hatov gives you a cheilek of the mitzvah. The vaadim help because then if someone doesn’t have a letter, raglayim ledavar he’s lying.
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