Reply To: Poor Baal Tzedaka vs. Rich Baal Tzedaka

There is actually a beautiful discussion by the Mahara”l (Gur Aryeh – beginning of Parshas Trumah) where he notes that there were 3 trumos, of which two were each a Machatzis Hashekel, but the third was based on “Yidvenu libo”, according to the generosity of his heart. He explains that this was proportional, not based on the shekel amount. One who had less but gave more (greater in his generosity) was performing the bigger mitzvah.

This seems to answer my question.

Thank You.