DEUT319 And now hear how commendable is magnanimity and are those who give charity, as it is written (Mishlei 14:34): "Charity will exalt the nation." Come and see how great is the power of charity which reposes in the right hand of the Holy One Blessed be He, as it is written (Tehillim 48:11): "Charity fills Your right hand." Great is tzedakah [righteousness or charity] by which the Holy One Blessed be He, is praised when He will bring salvation to the Jews, as it is written (Yeshayahu 63:1): "I speak with tzedakah, mighty to save." Great is tzedakah, which confirms honor and life upon its practitioners, as it is written (Mishlei 2121): "He who pursues tzedakah and loving kindness will find life, tzedakah, and honor." Great is tzedakah, through which the Holy One Blessed be He, is destined to redeem Israel, as it is written (Yeshayahu 1:27): "Zion will be redeemed through justice, and those who return to it, through righteousness" (Shabbos 139a). Great is tzedakah, through which our father Avraham was praised, as it is written (Bereshis 15:6): "And he believed in Hashem, and He accounted it tzedakah to him," and (ibid. 18:19): "For I have known him that he might command his children and his household after him to hear the way of Hashem, to do tzedakah and justice." Great is tzedakah, through which David, King of Israel, was praised, as it is written (I Melachim 10:9): "May Hashem your God be blessed, who desired you, [and therefore wished] to place you on the Throne of Israel in Hashem's eternal love of Israel, and who made you king to do justice and tzedakah. "Great is tzedakah, which reaches to the Throne of Glory, as it is written (Tehillim 89:15): "Zedek and justice are the foundations of Your throne." Great is tzedakah, through which Israel was praised, as it is written [this verse]: "And it will be accounted tzedakah for us." Great is tzedakah, through which the Holy One Blessed be He, is destined to be praised on the Day of Judgment, as it is written (Yeshayahu 5:16): "And Hashem of Hosts will be exalted in justice and the Holy God sanctified in tzedakah." Great is tzedakah, which accompanies its practitioners upon their departure from the world, as it is written ( ibid. 58:8): "And your tzedakah will go before you; the glory of Hashem will gather you in."