It is proper to give a lot of tzedakah on erev Succos. Reb Chaim Vital would distribute the entire tzedakah pushke to the poor on this day.” ~ Shaarei Teshuvah (625)
Rebbe Chaim of Tzanz zt’l said that there isn’t a nicer succah decoration than the tzedakah one gives on erev Succos.
Let’s hang up our receipts. Shoshana Zakon