Tithing Money – Not Making It Through the Month | Sheilot

Tithing Money – Not Making It Through the Month

Question

I have debts and I can’t make it through the month,
am I obligated to give maaser from my money (the charity tithe)?

Answer

Shalom u-vracha 

If indeed you do not have what you need for your essential expenses, you are exempt from giving maaser from your money. 

Answered 9 December 2025 How answers are reviewed
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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