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Exemption from Giving Tithes

Question

He has a surgery that costs forty thousand shekels and he needs to take loans. Can he refrain from giving tithes for a few months?

Answer

If he cannot manage, he does not need to give tithes.

Source

Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 251, and see Gittin 7.

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