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However, the following must be understood: Since the Divine illumination must inevitably result from G‑d’s attribute of kindness and His tzedakah, why is man’s service necessary at all?

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This leaves us with an apparent disproportion — that the practice of tzedakah before one’s prayers should result in the vastly superior revelation of teshuvah ilaah during prayer.

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Now precisely like this, metaphorically speaking, every act of charity that Jews perform

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Like the preceding Epistle, the present one too centers on the theme of tzedakah.

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Rather, this [approach] shall be befitting us — that19 all our involvement with mundane affairs should be [conducted] not for its own sake,