Charity

Give a coin to a pauper, although you do not owe him anything. G-d will reciprocate in kind, granting you abundant blessings, although He owes you nothing. Adapted from a letter of the Rebbe, of righteous memory.Vol. 29, p. 11.

For the first twenty-five years of his leadership, the Rebbe would receive his Chassidim, as well as men and women from all walks of life, in yechidut ("private audience") three times a week. The audiences, held on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, w...

The Hebrew word tzedakah, commonly translated as "charity," literally means "justice" or "righteousness" ...

The Talmud explains that the verse, “He redeemed my soul in peace from battles against me, because of the many who were with me,” refers to, “One who works in Torah and charity…” A business owner isn’t satisfied with the clientele who find him; he publici...

"Here is a wise Jew, who understands that this is only an attempt to test him. He also understands that when he will withstand the test, not only will his business be as prosperous as beforehand, but it will be better than before..."

On the threshold of the New Year, material and spiritual kindness opens the way for our Prayers – even the poor can benefit others.

The Rebbe understood the human condition from the essence of an autistic child to the voice of a singer, and especially a cantor’s power to both honor G-d and to uplift the prayers of others.

Both your physical and spiritual needs can be satisfied by following the Torah. If you follow the Torah, it will be your healer.

Ami Pykovski recalls introducing designer Maurice Sasson to the Rebbe. Despite a successful career in the clothing business, Sasson was not seeing the returns from his work and turned to the Rebbe for help. (1990)

Rabbi Dovid Shochet recalls a most amazing story that took place following a lecture he had given to students in Buffalo, New York. During his talk, he related a story which took place with a miser who was later revealed to be the secret benefactor of his...