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Question: May one use maaser k’safim funds for kimcha d’Pischa, the special charity given before Pesach?
Short Answer: According to most poskim, since there is no set amount or specific community tax for kimcha d’Pischa, it can be paid for with maaser k’safim funds.
We are approaching the final, precious days of Elul and the Yamim Noraim. Naturally, much of our focus is on our own teshuvah: What do I need to change? Where can I improve? How can I best accept Hashem’s Malchus?
The Power Of Preparing Before We Daven
We all want our tefilos to be more meaningful. We want to feel that we are truly speaking to Hashem, rather than simply reciting familiar words. Yet how often do we arrive in shul, open our siddur, and begin davening almost immediately, without giving ourselves even a moment to consider what we are about to do?
L’David, Hashem ori v’yish’i, mi’mi ira; Hashem ma’oz chayai, mi’mi efchad.
Our Father, our King, return us to You in perfect repentance.
Hashem is my light (in the darkness of trouble) and my salvation, (therefore) whom shall I fear? Hashem is the strength of my life, (so) from whom shall I be afraid?
