This weeks�parsha�discusses the�mitzvah�of�tzedakah. It states that when someone will approach you and ask for�tzedakah,�you should give him. The�pasuk�concludes with a�beracha �because of this mitzvah of tzedakah Hashem will bless you with all your endeavors and with anything that comes in contact with your hand.�

The�gemarah�in�kesuvos�(49) says that�beis�din�may force a person to give�tzedakah,�just as they can force a person to do any mitzvah stated in the�Torah.

There�s a rule that�Tosfos�brings down, quoting a�gemarah�in�Chulin, which says any�mitzvah�that it states the reward for fulfilling it,�beis�dincannot force a person to do that�mitzvah.�Tosfos asks, that by the�mitzvah�of�tzedakah,�it states the reward for one who gives�tzedakah. Thepasuk�clearly says that a person who gives�tzedakah�will have the hand of�Hashem�as his �partner��in his dealings. So how can the�gemarahsay that�beis din�can force a person to give�tzedakah?

The�Avnei Miluim (siman 71)�quotes from the�sefer Ha�ikrim�as follows.

The beginning of the aforementioned�pasuk�says��you shall give him money (tzedakah) but when you do so, do not give it with a heavy heart�.What is the reason for this? The�pasuk�ends off and says��because of this mitzvah of tzedakah Hashem will bless you with all your endeavors and with anything that comes in contact with your hand.��The simple�p�shat�is that it�s referring to the giving of the�tzedakah. When a person gives�tzedakah�he becomes the recipient of this�beracha.�Explains the�sefer Ha�ikrim,�the�pasuk�is advising us, that a person will only receive this�beracha�if he gives�tzedakah�in the proper way that the�Torah�says. First the�Torah�says one should give�tzedakah. Then it says��give it with an open heart�.�If one gives�tzedakah�with an open heart, they will then be�zoche�to this special�beracha�of�Hashem�s�partnership.

Says the�Avnei Miluim,�this is�p�shat�in the�gemarah. If�beis�din�is forcing him to give�tzedakah�then he is not giving it in the proper method that the�Torah�asks us to give it. It is therefore not considered as if the�Torah�states its reward and�tosfos�question is answered.

Which one of us would not want this incredible and special�beracha�of�Hashem�s�partnership in our business?� One should look at the way and the mode he gives�tzedakah�to someone who stretches their hand out towards you. Do we sigh and think to ourselves��again?��Or do we smile and give the person money and say��tizku l�mitzvohs�. It�s something we should be conscious of, should we want to be the beneficiary of such a�beracha.

I heard a nice anecdote from a young man who comes from a wealthy family. He believes that the reason his father was blessed with wealth was because the�Satmer�Rebbe�told him, that when he gives�tzedakah�he shouldn�t give with a heavy heart. He should always try to give a little more than he planned on giving�.to �feel it�.�If you can only afford to give $100�.give a drop more, maybe $150�by doing so and giving a little more than you can afford, you will feel it and will help you give�tzedakah�in the approach that the�Torah�wants everyone to give; in order to be the receiver of such a special�beracha.

May we all be�zoche�to be diligent in the manner that we give�tzedakah�so that we all become beneficiaries of the�beracha�of��yivarechicha Hashem elokecha b�chal ma�asecha u�vichal mishlach yadecha�.

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