Some Give a Lot, and Some Give a Little / Each According to His Means

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Some Give a Lot, and Some Give a Little / Each According to His Means

Some Give a Lot, and Some Give a Little / Each According to His Means

Each according to his ability. Some give more, some less; the main thing is good intent.

("The weeping of Rabbi Eleazar. He said to him: Why are you crying? Because you did not study Torah? – We learned: some give a lot and some give a little, provided he directs his heart to Heaven!"—Berachot 5b; and: "We learned: some give a lot and some give a little, provided he directs his heart to Heaven"—Agnon / Temol Shilshom, 219; and: "At that time all householders come down and place into the plate each according to his value, some give a lot and some give a little"—Hazaz / Dorot Rishonim 10)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֶחָד הַמַּרְבֶּה וְאֶחָד הַמַּמְעִיט

Definition (Hebrew)

כָּל אֶחָד לְפִי יְכָלְתּוֹ. מִי יוֹתֵר וּמִי פָּחוֹת, הָעִקָּר הַכַּוָּנָה הַטּוֹבָה.

("בֶּכִי רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר. אָמַר לֵהּ: אִמְאִי קָא בָּכִית? אִי מִשּׁוּם תּוֹרָה דְּלָא אפשׁת – שְׁנֵינוּ אֶחָד הַמַּרְבֶּה וְאֶחָד הַמַּמְעִיט וּבִלְבַד שֶׁיַּכְוִין לִבּוֹ לַשָּׁמַיִם!"-בְּרָכוֹת ה ע"ב, וְכֵן:"שְׁנֵינוּ אֶחָד הַמַּרְבֶּה וְאֶחָד הַמַּמְעִיט וּבִלְבַד שֶׁיְּכַוֵּן לִבּוֹ לַשָּׁמַיִם"- עַגְנוֹן/תמול שִׁלְשׁוֹם,219, וְכֵן:"בְּאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה יוֹרְדִים כָּל בַּעֲלֵי הַבָּתִּים ומטילים לְתוֹךְ הַצְלָחַת כָּל אֶחָד כערכו, אֶחָד הַמַּרְבֶּה וְאֶחָד הַמַּמְעִיט"-הָזָז/דּוֹרוֹת ראשונים 10)

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