"Let not your hand be open wide to take, and clenched at a time of giving back! " ~~ Ben Sira 4:13
"Great is almsgiving (repentance) for it brings Redemption nearer." ~~ Talmud, Rava Batra and Yoma
"A charity pledge may be taken even on Sabbath eve. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"Honor the Lord with your substance!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 3:9
"He gives twice who gives quickly." ~~ Leon of Modena
"We should be grateful for the rogues among the poor; were it not for them, we would sin each time we ignore an appeal. " ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"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.
"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
"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