One does not investigate regarding food

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One does not investigate regarding food

One does not investigate regarding food

When a person asks for food to eat, there is no need to investigate whether he is pretending to be poor; rather, one should give him food.

("When you see the naked, cover him (Isaiah 58) – as soon as you see. And Rav Yehuda said: One investigates for clothing, but one does not investigate for food" – Bava Batra 9a)

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Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין בּוֹדְקִים לַמְּזוֹנוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

כְּשֶׁאָדָם מְבַקֵּשׁ מָזוֹן לֶאֱכֹל אֵין צֹרֶךְ לִבְדֹּק אַחֲרָיו אִם הוּא מַעֲמִיד פָּנִים שֶׁהוּא עָנִי, אֶלָּא יֵשׁ לָתֵת לוֹ לֶאֱכֹל.

("כִּי תִרְאֶה עָרֹם וְכִסִּיתוֹ (יְשַׁעְיָהוּ נֹחַ)- כִּי תִּרְאֶה לְאַלְתָּר. וְרַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר: בּוֹדְקִין לִכְסוּת וְאֵין בּוֹדְקִין לִמְזוֹנוֹת"- בָּבָא בָּתְרָא ט ע"א)

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