The kupah distributes collected funds to the poor on which schedule?
Halachah 1 states that trustees allocate kupah funds from Friday to Friday, giving each poor person sufficient food for seven days — ensuring Shabbat needs are covered.
Question 2
According to Halachah 5, how many trustees are required to collect donations for the tamchui?
Since the tamchui has no fixed levy amount, it resembles a financial judgment — and like all monetary judgments, it requires three trustees for both collection and distribution.
Question 3
On a fast day, trustees who do not distribute charity are compared to murderers. This applies specifically when they fail to give which item?
Halachah 4 specifies that the 'murderer' characterization applies only when they withheld bread and fruit (immediately edible food the poor were relying on). Delaying money or wheat does not carry this severity.
Question 4
After how many months of living in a city is a person first compelled to contribute to the fund for clothing the poor?
A person has exactly 200 zuz but does not invest or do business with them. May he take pe'ah, shichachah, and the tithe for the poor?
Halachah 13 states that a person with 200 zuz — even uninvested — may not take shichachah, pe'ah, or the poor tithe. Only if he has 200 zuz minus one dinar may he take them, even if the charity will push him well above that threshold.