Are We Obligated to Support a Lazy Person Who Doesn't Want to Work and Collects Tzedaka?

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Shay Tahan’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

hello sometimes you have a person who comes to collect zadaka he's poor but he can go to work he's able to work he's young and strong and we know that he has a job or he can get a job and just lazy are we obligated to support him with zeddaka the answer to this question lies in a midrash says when the poor person came to collect money from the wealthy he told them let us but also you're abusing him you're but also you're abusing him you're causing him pain how is that possible we see from here comes out that we need to help such a person and we can't send them like this in a degrading way the smack says the same thing he says lot mets do not hold back your heart shalot why should i help do not say don't help this poor person he could go to work he can gain and earn more than he needs

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1. 0:00hello sometimes you have a person who comes to collect zadaka he's poor but he can…
2. 0:36when the poor person came to collect money from the wealthy he told them let us…
3. 1:06but also you're abusing him you're causing him pain how is that possible we see from…
4. 1:38and earn more than he needs to don't do that we see again that one needs…
5. 2:08necessarily because the torah says when a person needs help you can help him only if…
6. 2:40from here we learn that one is not obligated to help poor person that doesn't try…
7. 3:10effort to work because of nothing though and then only then that he tries himself is…
8. 3:40can't make him feel bad but on the other hand we don't have to support somebody…

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