– Q. See questions above.
Does one have to open his home door to supply Tzedaka to a Non-Jew knocking at the door?

A. The Rambam on Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:7 rules that; “We provide food and clothing to the needy of other nations just as we do to needy Jews in order to promote peaceful relations.”

If a needy person begs door to door, we don’t give him a lot, just a reasonable accepted usual amount. If someone requests charity, we are not permitted to turn him away empty-handed. As our Sages teach: One should give even a single fig as per Psalms 74:21: “Don’t let the downtrodden turn away in shame.”

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a