QUESTION

Chicago, IL

Any guidance on how a shul collective mishloach manot that is distributed to each household in the shul can fulfill the mitzvah for someone who donates towards the cost? If there is no cost in sending a basket through the shul, does the sender still fulfill their chiyuv?

ANSWER

In terms of ownership (whether they paid or not), it is not a big deal. You can just hand the baskets to a third-party (someone who cannot be considered the original owner of them), and they would