"... As stated earlier, the Tanakh often addresses the individual rather than the community when stating requirements for supporting the poor. For example, in Isaiah (58:7) we read ... And Deuteronomy (15:7-8) requires ... The English translation of these texts conceals the singular form of these instructions in the Hebrew text. Encouragement to independently support the poor also appears in numerous rabbinic texts. Such personal assistance may be directed at relatives, friends and neighbors. We have already mentioned the stories about Hillel, who provided a horse and a slave for a poor person from a good family. The narrative of Rabbi Yonah, whose sensitive ―loan‖ was later revealed to be a gift to a poor person from a good family, may also be included in this category. These stories indicate that private support was often given to poor persons with high status. This may be the case since individual support is nearly the only category of giving for which the relative poor are eligible, according to the model presented in the Mishnah. In contrast to communal assistance, private gifts also guaranteed a much higher level of confidentiality. Thus, since rabbinic texts from the land of Israel assume that the relative poor who required support experienced greater levels of shame than the ordinary poor, such giving added extra protection for their dignity. However, the relative poor were not the exclusive recipients of private support ..."