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# A person shouldn't say, "how can I diminish my money and give it to the poor", because he should know that the money doesn't belong to him, but is instead a deposit from Hashem in order to do His will<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:1 </ref>. | # A person shouldn't say, "how can I diminish my money and give it to the poor", because he should know that the money doesn't belong to him, but is instead a deposit from Hashem in order to do His will<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:1 </ref>. | ||
# [[Tzedaka]] pushes aside evil decrees and adds life.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:1. Mishlei 10:2 says that tzedakah saves from death. </ref> | # [[Tzedaka]] pushes aside evil decrees and adds life.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:1. Mishlei 10:2 says that tzedakah saves from death. </ref> | ||
# One who convinces others to give is greater than the one who gives. <ref> 34:11 </ref>. | # One who convinces others to give is greater than the one who gives. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:11 </ref>. | ||
# The reward for a [[Tzedaka]] collector is | # The reward for a [[Tzedaka]] collector is great; if the poor give him a hard time, he shouldn't be worried, for this increases his reward <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 34:11 </ref>. | ||
# One who gives charity in secret is greater than Moshe Rabbenu <ref>Gemara Baba Batra 9b. Gemara Chagiga 5a tells that Rabbi Yanai once saw a man give money to a poor man publicly. He said, “It would have been better for you not to have given him anything rather than giving to him as you did, causing him embarrassment. </ref> | # One who gives charity in secret is greater than Moshe Rabbenu <ref>Gemara Baba Batra 9b. Gemara Chagiga 5a tells that Rabbi Yanai once saw a man give money to a poor man publicly. He said, “It would have been better for you not to have given him anything rather than giving to him as you did, causing him embarrassment. </ref> | ||
# One who gives even a peruta to the poor merits to receive the presence of God. <ref> Gemara Baba Batra 10a </ref> | # One who gives even a peruta to the poor merits to receive the presence of God. <ref> Gemara Baba Batra 10a </ref> | ||
