"A community which has no synagogue and no shelter for the poor, must first provide for the poor. " ~~ Sefer Hasidim
"Shutting one’s eye from charity is like worshipping idols. " ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi , Peah
"Charity removes the stain of sin." ~~ Shneor Zalman
"Never refuse to lend books to a man who has not the money to buy them for himself- – -if you are sure he will return them!" ~~ Yehuda Ben Tibbon
"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.
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