timna asked:
I understand that Rambams' 8 stepped golden ladder of tzedaka codified a teaching of R. Shimon. Who is R. Shimon and where is he cited?
timna, richmond, ca. usa
The Kollel replies:
As far as I know, the eight categories of charity (which are codified by the Rambam in Hilchos Matanos Aniyim 10:7-14) are a collection of statements from Toras Kohanim and other sources, and are not authored in one place by a specific author.
All the best,
Yaakov Montrose