"To promote peace, we support the poor of the heathen, visit their sick and bury their dead, along with the poor, the sick, and the dead of Israel." ~~ Talmud: Gittin
"Charity equals all the other commandments. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"The begger is hungry and does not know it." ~~ Talmud, Megillah
"Happy is the man whose deeds are greater than his learning." ~~ Midrash Eliyahu R.
"To eat and drink on a festival in the company of your family without providing for the poor and distressed, is not “the joy of the commandment” but the joy of your stomach. It is a disgrace." ~~ Maimonides
"To boast of the help you gave a brother in need is to cancel the good of your deed." ~~ Samuel Ha-Nagid
"Draw out your soul to the hungry." ~~ Isaiah (Yesha’yahu) 58:10
"If a poor man comes to you in the morning, give him alms, and if in the evening, give him again! " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.
"You shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your needy brother, but…lend him sufficient for his need." ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 15:7
"As lightning springs out of its concealment in dark clouds to flash through the world, so the divine light, imbedded in matter, emerges through charitable deeds…Thus, through charity, a sort of divine revelation occurs in the soul." ~~ Shneor Zalman
"If you have abundance, give alms accordingly to match; if you have but a little, fear not to give accordingly. " ~~ Tobit 4:8
"If you have no means to give to the poor, comfort him with kind words! " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) R.
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