The Rebbe waits as a child places a coin that the Rebbe just gave him into a charity box that his mother is holding. (Photo: Algemeiner Journal/Lubavitch Archives)
The Rebbe waits as a child places a coin that the Rebbe just gave him into a charity box that his mother is holding. (Photo: Algemeiner Journal/Lubavitch Archives)

Give a coin to a pauper,
although you do not owe him anything.
G‑d will reciprocate in kind,
granting you abundant blessings,
although He owes you nothing.


Adapted from a letter of the Rebbe, of righteous memory.1