Debts

13. Paying off a debt. One may not use maaser money for an obligatory payment (מו"ר בצדקה ומשפט פ"ו אות ב'). Therefore, one may not pay off a debt to someone from his maaser money (מו"ר בעל קנה בשם ח"ג סי' פ"ב ).

14. However, if one borrowed money from a gemach to marry off a child and he planned from the start on paying back with maaser money, he may (below, 33).