Giving Charity During Study
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Question
It is common on Purim night that there are kollels for avrechim who study for several hours, and at the end of the study, they receive money for the hours they studied in the kollel. Are they exempt from giving charity to the poor who collect money for charity, based on the principle 'one engaged in a mitzvah is exempt from another mitzvah,' but on the other hand, they are receiving money?
Answer
In the study of Torah, there is no exemption based on the principle 'one engaged in a mitzvah is exempt from another mitzvah,' but if it interrupts returning to study, one does not interrupt, as explained in Rambam, Chapter 3 of 'Study of Torah'.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 694 and Rambam, Chapter 3 of 'Study of Torah'.
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