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Jewish law establishes tzedakah as a binding positive commandment rooted in Torah, with detailed obligations about giving according to one's means, the scope of giving, and the prioritization of recipients. Classical sources from Tanakh through the Shulchan Arukh outline both the duty to give and the prohibition against refusing or neglecting the poor.
כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה֩ בְךָ֨ אֶבְי֜וֹן מֵאַחַ֤ד אַחֶ֙יךָ