I think most us are aware that the Church Fathers connect the Gospel of Matthew with the so-called Evyonim (Ebionites). I wonder how many people are aware however that the two Aramaic words 'Matthew' and 'Ebionites' are connected in a central Jewish practice developed from the writings of Esther.
The matanot le'evyonim or 'the giving of gifts to the poor.' The basic idea is that every Jew is obligated to give at least one present to two poor people on Purim. This is developed from Esther 9:22: "[...] that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor."
Are the two concepts related? I don't know. But it is worth mentioning.
Stephan Huller has had a life long interest in religion and spirituality 
dating back to conversations with his grandfather, Gaston Frank. "He said we represent one of the last descendants of the Frankist Jewish faith in the world," he muses. "I grew up thinking that our family was something like the Last of the Mohicans."