Can I buy food for Shabbos for a needy family for Matanos L’evyonim? Or must I give them actual money?

 

Question:

Does Matanos L’evyonim need to be money? In the Badatz Purim guide it says “money or Shove Kesef“. Can I take the amount I was going to send a family in need and buy them Shabbos food or other basic foods for their house which they do not have? Or should I rather give them the money?

 

Answer:

It does hot have to be money. Buying them food for Shabbos is a great idea.

 

Sources:

ראה בלוח מטעם הבדצ הערה 54 בארוכה.

 

 

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