Reply To: Giving Tzedaka to Beggars

DaasYochid “If someone on this anonymous forum would tell you that this fellow is a lamed vovnik or a neo Nazi, you would believe it and act accordingly?”

If someone told me they personally know him and maybe said what he usually asks for or what he sounded like then yes I would believe them. I think your two examples are not based in reality.

I am not talking about small sums of money. He asks for significant amounts of food and money (he likes food from the restaurants there and if you give him a dollar he will ask for more). He is also mentally ill and you cannot carry out a conversation with him.

I don’t even know if he keeps the money that people give him. That is why I am asking for more info.