Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift or a sum of money or by teaching him a trade or by putting him in the way of business so that he may earn an honest livelihood and not be forced to the dreadful alternative of holding out his hand for charity. This is the highest step and summit of charity's golden ladder.
MaimonidesWork before eating, rest after eating. Eat not ravenously, filling the mouth gulp after gulp without breathing space.
MaimonidesFor every force charged by God, may He be exalted, with some business is an angel put in charge.
MaimonidesThose who grieve find comfort in weeping and in arousing their sorrow until the body is too tired to bear the inner emotions.
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