Page 171 - Wisdom and Sound Advice from the Torah

Ha run Yah ya (Ad nan Ok tar)

eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. I was a fa ther to the
needy; I took up the case of the stranger. (Job, 29:12-16)

For He has not de spised or dis dained the suf fer ing of the af -
flict ed one; He has not hid den his face from him but has lis -
tened to his cry for help. (Psalms, 22:24)

Each helps the oth er and says to his broth er, "Be strong!" (Isa-
iah, 41:6)

Is it not to share your food with the hun gry and to pro vide
the poor wan der er with shel ter—when you see the na ked, to
clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and
blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and
your heal ing will quick ly ap pear... (Isaiah, 58:7-8)

Now this was the sin of your sis ter Sodom: She and her
daugh ters were ar ro gant, over fed and un con cerned; they did
not help the poor and needy. (Ezekiel, 16:49)

Day aft er day men came to help David... (1 Chronicles, 12:22)

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