GEN839 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
Isaiah 63:1: “I speak with tzedakah, might to save.” Great is
tzedakah, which confers honor and life upon its practitioners, as it is written
Proverbs 21:21: “He who pursues
tzedakah and lovingkindness 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
Isaiah 1:27 “Zion will be redeemed through justice, and those who return to it, through righteousness”
Shabbat 139a. Great is
tzedakah, through which our father Abraham was praised s it is written [this verse] and
Genesis 18:19: “For I have known him that he might command his children and his household after him to heed the way of Hashem, to do
tzedakah and justice.” TZADIK 313-5.
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