<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:12 AM, Zev Sero <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zev@sero.name">zev@sero.name</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">--what's the source for the minhag of matanos leevyonim on taanis esther?<br>
[i will not ask my usual question about the 5th mitzva of purim ]<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>I'm not sure about davka taanis esther, but "igra d'taanita - tzidketa" - the main schar of a fast day is giving tzedaka (1st perek of Brachos I think).</div>