Torah, Tefillah, & Tzedakah
The three pillars on which the world stands.
About 2,000 years Binyamin HaTzadik lived in Tsfat , Israel . He was in charge of a charity fund and involved with feeding the hungry. During a difficult famine when the charity funds he managed were exhausted, he was approached by a woman who begged for money for her family who were dying from hunger. Sadly, he explained that all the money was used up and there was nothing that he could give her. She wailed, "You have condemned a widow and her seven sons to death." We are told that Binyamin supported this widow and her children with his own money for the years of the famine.
Once
when he was very ill, on the verge of death, the heavenly angels came before
G-d and said:"Master of the World, You have said that
whoever saves one soul in Israel is accounted as having saved the entire
world. Should Binyamin HaTzadik who saved a woman and her seven sons
now die at such a young age?"
Immediately the decree against him was abolished and he was granted another 22 years of life.
Your nickels, dimes and quarters will be used to buy food for Tsfat’s needy families. In the merit of your compassion for those less fortunate, may HaShem bless you and your family as well as the members of our community who are in need of healing.
Tiska l’mitzvot.
