"As a torch is not diminished though it kindles a million candles, so will he not lose who gives to a good cause." ~~ Midrash Exodus Babbah
"The door which is not opened for a beggar will open for a doctor." ~~ Pesikta Rabati
"Better is he who gives little to charity—from money honestly earned, than he who gives much—from money acquired by fraud." ~~ Midrash, Kohelet R.
"By benevolence man rises to a height where he meets God. Therefore do a good deed before you begin your prayers." ~~ Ahai Gaon, Sheiltot
"Do not cast me off in old age; when my strength fails, do not forsake me! " ~~ Psalms 71:9
"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
"Never call a halt to your visiting of the sick!" ~~ Talmud, Nedarim
"Charity outweighs all other commandments. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream!" ~~ Amos 5:24
"All Jews are responsible each for the other." ~~ Talmud, Shavuot
"Who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 19:17
"The poor of your own town should be preferred to those of another." ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia
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