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Blessed be he who considers the poor:
the Lord will deliver him in the day of trouble.
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Water will quench a flame and almsgiving atones for sins.
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Who gives charity makes a thankoffering.
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If you have abundance, give alms accordingly to match;
if you have but a little, fear not to give accordingly.
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Make it your rule not to ask for yourself more than others give you!
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One does not send a dob as a gift to a bald man.
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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!
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Do not bar your door to borrowers!
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Who has two meals may accept nothing from a charity kitchen.
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Benevolence is kindlier than charity.
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Who accepts alms he needs not will end by truly needing alms before he leaves this world.
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Had the people of the generation of the Flood and the people of Sodom given charity, they would not have been destroyed.
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Charity lengthens one's days and years.
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Because of charity the world abides.
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No man was ever beggared by giving charity.
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There is no religious command that has such instant effect as that concerning charity.
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Alms for the needy cannot be deemed a dole.
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Who occupies himself with the needs of the community
is as though he occupies himself with Torah.
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If the rich could be redeemed from death by charity, every pauper would be a millionaire.
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A good man does his fellow a favor for no reason save that he is a good man.
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If you do a man a favor,
do not regard it as a debt he must repay!
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A man remembers better the good deeds and favors he did others than those that others did him.
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A truly generous man is he that always gives,
whether it be much or little, before he is asked.
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A gift given in secret averts wrath.
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Honor the Lord with your substance!