11. Giving charity:
One is to distribute charity on the day of the Yahrzeit.[1] This has the status of a Neder.[2] If the Yahrzeit falls on Shabbos, it is to be distributed before Shabbos.[3]
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[1] Mishmeres Shalom Yud 15; Likkutei Sichos 19:132, printed in Shulchan Menachem 5:326 “The custom is to give charity on the day of the Yahrzeit, which has the status of a Neder”; Nitei Gavriel 71:5
[2] Rebbe in Likkutei Sichos ibid; See Admur 249:13
[3] Rebbe in Likkutei Sichos ibid
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