On1Foot

Every person is required to give tzedakah (charity). Even the poor who are supported from tzedakah are required to give from what is given to them. One who gives less than they should would be compelled by the authorities and whipped until they gave what was estimated as their means. The authorities could even seize their property before their very eyes, and take from them what they should have given.
The authorities can seize real estate for the tzedakah payment, even on Sabbath eve.
[translation by Mechon Hadar]