Translated from Yalkut Yosef:
1. It is a Mitzvah to give Matanot La’Evyonim on Purim day,
which means to give one charitable gift to two different people who are poor.
One fulfills their obligation to give charity on Purim whether its by giving
actual money or food. By the essence of Halacha one fulfills their obligation
by giving a peruta (around five
cents) to each poor person, however; a person who has Yirat Shamayim (Fear of Heaven) should give with kindness and love
and his reward will be great.
2. One who gives two charitable gifts (Matanot LaEvyonim) to
a poor husband and wife fulfills their obligation on Purim day. This law stands
if one gives to a father and his son (even if the son is dependent upon his
father), however; if one gives two charitable gifts (envelopes) to a single
poor person he does not fulfill his obligation on Purim day of Matanot La’Evyonim.
One should be stringent about giving Tzedakah on Purim because Kol HaPoshet Yado Litol Notnim Lol, each
person who puts their hand out on Purim is deservant of receiving Tzedakah. An
individual is instructed to greaten their Matanot LaEvyonim on Purim even more than greatening their expenses
on the Purim Seudah and Mishloah Manot, because there is no such happiness as
in the happiness of widows and orphans who receive donations!
SHAVUA TOV & PURIM
SAMEAH!
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