Reply To: Helping someone who can support themselves.

If a spendthrift needs charity (and this is hardly a problem limited to our community) you can give the tsadakkah in ways that thwart their high spending ways. Just don’t give cash. Note how the government limits what foods you can buy with WIC or “food stamps” (should we have tsadakkah vouchers for the same thing). All it takes is a little bit of creativity on the donor’s part.