"Charity lengthens one’s days and years." ~~ Tana Deve Eliyahu Zuta
"Great is charity, for it brings near the redemption. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"If an orphan boy and an orphan girl need support, or apply for a marriage grant, the girl is cared for first. The boy may beg, but not the girl. " ~~ Tosefta: Ketubot
"Who lends money to the needy free of interest is better than the giver of alms." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Consider every day your last and you will always be ready—with good deeds and repentance." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat 153a
"Don’t use the chutzpa of a beggar as an excuse for not helping him." ~~ Rabbi Shmelke of Nickelsburg
"Who gives charity in secret is greater than Moses. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"What you give to charity in health is gold; in sickness, is silver, and after death, is copper." ~~ Tosafot of the Pentateuch
"Blessed are they that observe justice and do righteousness at all times!" ~~ Psalms (Tehillim) 106:3
"Let all who are hungry come and eat. [Passover]" ~~ Passovaer Haggadah
"The poor does for the host more than the host for the poor." ~~ Joshua b. Hanania
"As between relatives and poor strangers, relatives come first. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia
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