Editing Mivtza Tzedakah (section)

== The Tzedakah Box ==
The Rebbe emphasized several times the importance of fixing the box to the wall of the house so it becomes part of the home, for several reasons:

* '''House of Tzedakah''' - The box becomes part of the house and room, making the house a 'Chabad House - a house of tzedakah'.
* '''<nowiki/>'You Shall See and Remember'''' - The box serves as a reminder about giving tzedakah. Additionally: since tzedakah is equal to all mitzvos and brings the geulah closer, seeing the box awakens thoughts about fulfilling all Torah mitzvos.
* '''Accessibility''' - Since it is customary to give tzedakah daily, and not every day presents an opportunity to give to someone in need, putting a coin in the box enables fulfilling the mitzvah in the most complete way daily.

The special importance of fixing the box to the wall can be seen in the sicha of Tzom Gedaliah 1989, where the Rebbe addressed a 'halachic' question about how to act when staying temporarily in another home regarding fixing the box. The Rebbe said: "They should attach a box to the wall of the house where they are staying in such a way that on Shabbos and Yom Tov it would be forbidden to remove it from the wall, thus making the box part of the house like a box fixed with a nail, but in a way that when they remove the box it won't leave a mark on the wall, and when they return home they should take the box with them and fix it in their home, thus retroactively revealing that the reason they didn't fix it earlier in their home was because they weren't at home."