The Power of Charity | Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser

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There was once a man who was a great miser, a kam tzan. Not only he didn't give a penny to anyone, he made sure that all of his sons were educated in his ways and they also did not give a penny. One day, the man was elderly and he was dying. He was on his deathbed upstairs in his home. All of a sudden, he got a little bit hungry. So, he asked his sons, "Please, could you make something for me? Make an egg for me." And they began to cook an egg. The window was open. There was a man who was poor. He was famished. He hadn't eaten in days. And when he smelled that aroma, he went and he knocked on the door. The sons opened it and he said, "Could I have whatever's cooking? I'm starving. I feel like my life is ebbing away. I may die." The sons were very smart. They knew that their father would never give a penny away and they said, "No." And he started crying and begging them, "Please, you don't know. I haven't eaten for so long." All of a sudden, the father upstairs heard and said, "What's going

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2. 0:31man who was poor. He was famished. He hadn't eaten in days. And when he smelled…
3. 1:03on?" And the sons told him what had happened. The father said, uncharacteristically, "Give him the…
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5. 2:08charitable act. Can you imagine what a lifetime of chesed and staka, of charity and benevolence,…

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