Tithing for Father
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Question
A person who has a good income, and his father is poor. Can he give his tithe to his father?
Answer
He can, and indeed should give it to him, and he takes precedence over other poor people.
Source
Yoreh De'ah, Siman 240, Se'if 5, and in Ahavat Chesed at the beginning of Chapter 19 it is written that regarding tithing, its law is the same as for charity in this matter.
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