Halakhah for Yevamot 125:1

והמלוה סלע לעני בשעת דחקו עליו הכתוב אומר (ישעיהו נח, ט) אז תקרא וה' יענה תשוע ויאמר הנני:

and lends a <i>sela'</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A coin. V. Glos. ');">¹</span> to a poor man in the hour of his need, Scripture says, <i>Then shalt thou call, and the Lord will answer; thou shalt cry and He will say: 'Here I am'</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. LVIII, 9. This refers to the preceding text: If then thou seest the naked, that thou cover him (ibid. 7), i.e., helping the poor at the hour of his need; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh (ibid.) implies benefiting relatives including the marriage of a sister's daughter and loving one's neighbours who are regarded as relatives. ');">²</span> (Mnemonic: <i>Woman and land help this two shoots, tradesmen inferior</i>.)<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The words in the mnemonic correspond to terms outstanding in the respective statements of R. Eleazar, that follow. ');">³</span>

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