LEV1043 There are eight gradations in giving charity, each higher than the other. The highest of these, which has no superior, is one who helps a fellow Jew who became poor and offers him a gift, or a loan, or enters into a business partnership with him, or finds him a job, in order to strengthen his economic situation before he needs to ask [for help]. Concerning this, Scripture says, “You shall support him... so that he may live with you” (Leviticus 25:35), that is, help him before he falls and needs. Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Laws of Gifts to the Poor 10:6-14