Honoring Parents – 4

1. If the father has the financial means, the son is not obligated to spend his own money to sustain his father; rather, he feeds and gives his father to drink using the father’s funds. But if the father does not have money and the son does have funds, he must sustain his father with his own funds. In this case, it is not proper to sustain one’s father with tzedakah money but with his own money (Shulchan Aruch, YD 240:5).

2. Even if the son does not have money to sustain his father, he must nevertheless honor him with his body [i.e., he must physically assist his parents] (ibid).