BabylonianTalmud, Baba Batra 9a - 3

תלמוד בבלי, בבא בתרא ט.

Original Text:

ואמר רב אסי: שקולה צדקה כנגד כל המצות.

Translation:

Rav Assi said: Tzedakah is as important as all the other commandments [together].
[Soncino translation]

Suggested Discussion Questions:

1. Why is tzedakah as important as all the other commandments combined?
2. Why do we have the commandments? What purpose do they serve? Does tzedakah fill this same purpose?

Time Period:	Rabbinic (Maccabees through the Talmud)
Type:	Prophecy and Wisdom Literature
Categories:	Tzedakah, Trade, Aid & Debt, Tikkun Olam
Keywords:	Ethics
Related Texts:	BabylonianTalmud, Baba Batra 9a - 3
Related Sourcesheets:	Urban Tzedakah Values, Rabbi Aaron Levy (Part 2 of 2), Introduction to Tzedakah Texts

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Sarah Margles

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