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1) Although a child is obligated to purchase food and feed
their parents, the cost of this food need not come from the child's
pocket; rather the child canuse the parents money to pay
for it.
If
the parents are poor and cannot afford food, and the child can afford
food, the child is obligate to pay for this food and Bais Din can even
enforce this and compel him to purchase food. (According to the
Shulchan Aruch the child must purchase food within his means. According
to the Rama the child is obligated to purchase for the parent as much
as he would be obligated to purchase for any other poor person that
collects Tzedaka, but not more. However, the Rama adds that one who can
afford to purchase food for a parent and despite that uses Tzedaka money
for this purpose, will be punished)
If
the child also cannot afford to purchase food, he is not obligated to
go door to door to raise funds to feed his parents.
2)
If there are other siblings, the obligation to purchase food for their
parents is divided amongst them proportionate to their respective means.
If some of the siblings are poor, the obligation to feed the parents is
divided only amongst those siblings that are of better means.
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QUESTION & ANSWER CORNER
Reader Submitted Questions of interest
on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting
topic and Answers. Taken from the Q & A pages on the
Halacha For Today website.
Although the answers I give to
questions are taken directly from the Sifrei HaPoskim, and aren't my
own, they are still for study purposes only, NOT for Psak Halacha.
When
opening the Paroches of the Aron Kodesh when doing Pesicha, must it be
opened from left to right or can it also be done from right to left?
Answer:
There is a concept in halacha of "B'chol
Pinos SheAta Poneh, Tifneh L'Yemin", meaning anything that can be done
two ways, should rather be done to the "right".
Thus, although not halachically
mandated, it is indeed best to open the Paroches, as well as do any
other Mitzvos, to the right, if possible. (See Drisha on the
Tur beginning of Siman 651. See also Shu"t Be'er Moshe Vol. 5 Siman 38)
Our holy sages, the Chazal tell us
תנא דבי אליהו כל השונה הלכות בכל
יום מובטח לו שהוא בן עולם הבא, שנאמר הליכות עולם לו, אל תקרי הליכות
אלא הלכות -
one who studies [at least two] Halachos daily is assured a portion in
Olam Haba - the world to come. (Talmud
Niddah 73a)
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