"What you do not give in charity voluntarily, the heathen will take from you forcibly. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"The greatest charity is to enable the poor to earn a living. " ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"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
"Happy is he who performs a good deed: for he may tip the scales for himself and the world." ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin
"As between relatives and poor strangers, relatives come first. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia
"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
"Jerusalem will only be redeemed through [the merit of giving] charity. " ~~ Talmud, Shabbat 139a
"Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity." ~~ Maimonides
"If a poor man comes to you in the morning, give him alms, and if in the evening, give him again! " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.
"The door which does not open to the poor will open to the physician." ~~ Levi, Pesikta Rabbati
"If you have abundance, give alms accordingly to match; if you have but a little, fear not to give accordingly. " ~~ Tobit 4:8
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