'Sufficient' - If one encounters a poor person, one is obligated to fulfill that person's needs, as it says: 'sufficient.' If the giver doesn't have enough, they should give according to their ability. How much? Up to one-fifth of one's property, the choicest form of the commandment; one-tenth of one's property, average; less than that, selfish. Thus: God says to Israel, 'My Sons, whenever you give sustenance to the poor, I impute it as though you gave sustenance to me, for it says, My Bread.' Does then, God eat and drink? No, but whenever you give food to the poor, God accounts it to you as if you gave food to Him.
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