Tzedakah/Charity Archives - Jewish Quotations

"A kind word is no substitute for a piece of herring or a bag of oats." ~~ Shalom Aleichem

"If you have no means to give to the poor, comfort him with kind words! " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) R.

"Great is charity because it brings Redemption nearer! " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra

"Riches are kept by their owner to his own hurt." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 5:12

"To arbitrate is to temper justice with charity." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav

"One does not send a comb as a gift to a bald man." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon

"To help a fellow man may be to tip the scales (of God’s reckoning) for the entire world." ~~ Adapted from Talmud, Kiddushin 40:2

"Charity demands the utmost care and diligence, for it may save a life." ~~ Jacob b. Asher

"If your brother becomes poor, you shall maintain him." ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) 25:35

"Consider every day your last and you will always be ready—with good deeds and repentance." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat 153a

"To him that is eager to give, the Lord provides the means. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra

"To a hungry man everything bitter is sweet. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 27:7