"Tzedakah saves from death.”- Talmud.
Why would the rabbis of old make such a claim?
Further, midrash adds, “Though you may have given already, give yet again even a hundred times, for it says, ‘Give, surely give…’ [the word is repeated for emphasis in Deuteronomy 15:10].”
Perhaps when we do tzedakah we breathe life into our soul. While tzedakah obviously benefits the recipient, consider what it does for your soul.
How will you enrich your soul through the vehicle of tzedakah this year and save it from a death of indifference?
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