{"id":12269,"date":"2025-12-15T21:59:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&p=12269"},"modified":"2025-12-15T21:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:59:40","slug":"the-difference-between-charity-and-a-gift","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-difference-between-charity-and-a-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"334. The Difference between Charity and a Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Charity should be in concealment, as it is written, \u201cA gift in secret subdues anger,\u201d meaning that he does not know to whom he gives. A gift is to the contrary, as our sages said, \u201cHe who gives a gift to his friend must let him know,\u201d as our sages said, \u201cI have a good gift in My treasury, whose name is Shabbat [Sabbath]; go and notify them\u201d (Shabbat 10b).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thing is that charity is regarded as faith, as it is written, \u201cAnd he believed in the Lord and considered for him as Tzedakah<\/em> [righteousness\/charity].\u201d When he believes above reason, it is called \u201cgiving in secret,\u201d meaning that he does not know to whom he gives or if what he gives has been received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a preparation for the reception of the Torah, since the Torah was given only to Israel, as it is written, \u201cSays His words to Jacob,\u201d as our sages said, \u201cWisdom in the nations, believe; Torah in the nations, do not believe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence, afterward, when they are rewarded with the Torah, the Torah is called \u201ca gift,\u201d as our sages said about the verse, \u201cFrom Matanah [Hebrew: gift] to Nahliel\u201d (Iruvin<\/em> 54a). Torah means specifically that he has been rewarded with the Giver of the Torah. Hence, the Creator lets him know that He is the one who gives him the gift, as was said, \u201cShabbat, when he feels the light of Shabbat,\u201d at that time it is called \u201ca gift,\u201d which is knowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before he is rewarded with knowing, it is called \u201cfaith,\u201d which is charity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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