"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.
"As lightning springs out of its concealment in dark clouds to flash through the world, so the divine light, imbedded in matter, emerges through charitable deeds…Thus, through charity, a sort of divine revelation occurs in the soul." ~~ Shneor Zalman
"If you have abundance, give alms accordingly to match; if you have but a little, fear not to give accordingly. " ~~ Tobit 4:8
"If you have no means to give to the poor, comfort him with kind words! " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) R.
"There is no worse death than death by hunger.," ~~ Mekhilta
"The miser pays double in the end." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"Every Jew must either give or take charity for Passover." ~~ Shalom Aleichem
"The best charity is good will." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"Two things will never mix: a good heart and stinginess." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim
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