Babylonian Talmud, Baba Batra 9b

תלמוד בבלי, בבא בתרא ט:

Original Text:

ואמר רבי יצחק: כל הנותן פרוטה לעני מתברך בשש ברכות, והמפייסו בדברים - מתברך בי"א ברכות.

Translation:

R. Isaac said: Anyone who gives a coin to a poor person is blessed with six blessings, but one who encourages the poor with words is blessed with eleven.
[Soncino translation. Edited for gender neutrality]

Suggested Discussion Questions:

1. What does it mean to encourage someone with words?
2. How is this more important than giving someone money?

Time Period:	Rabbinic (Maccabees through the Talmud)
Type:	Prophecy and Wisdom Literature
Categories:	Tzedakah, Poverty, Labor Rights, Advocacy
Keywords:	Sanctity of Human Life
Related Texts:	Babylonian Talmud, Baba Batra 9b
Related Sourcesheets:	Advocacy and Social Justice, Texts on Social Change v. Social Action, Dei Machsoro, Urban Tzedakah Values, Rabbi Aaron Levy (Part 2 of 2), The Jewish Response to Poverty, Learning in the Sukkah - Homelessness, AJWS Hunger Shabbat - Friday Evening Text Study

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Sarah Margles

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