The 195th mitzvah is that we are commanded to give charity—to support and relieve the poor.
This command is expressed in the Torah in various ways: "Open your hand generously";1 "Help him survive, whether he is a convert or a born Jew";2 "Help your brother survive with you."3 These verses all have the same point—that we must provide for our poor and support them in accordance with their need.
The details of this mitzvah are explained in a number of places, the majority in tractates Kesubos4 and Baba Basra.5
The Oral Tradition relates that even a poor person who himself lives from charity is also obligated in this mitzvah—to give even a small amount of charity to someone less fortunate than him or on the same level as himself.
