Tosefta for Bava Batra 16:6
תמחוי נגבית בשלשה ומתחלקת בשלשה שגבויה וחלוקה שוים תמחוי בכל יום קופה מערב שבת לערב שבת
Our Rabbis taught: The charity fund is collected by two persons [jointly] and distributed by three. It is collected by two, because any office conferring authority over the community<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
Tosefta Peah
[We give to the poor from] the charity dish the whole day. [And we give the to poor from] the communal fund from Sabbath eve to Sabbath eve. [We give from] the charity dish to every person, [and from] the communal fund to people from the same town. If [a particular poor person] was there for thirty days, behold, he is like the people of the town [for purposes of] the communal fund, and [we provide him] clothing for six months. [However], to the poor people of the city [we provide] clothing for twelve months.
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