תלמוד בבלי, בבא בתרא ט.
ואמר רב אסי: שקולה צדקה כנגד כל המצות.
Rav Assi said: Tzedakah is as important as all the other commandments [together].
[Soncino translation]
Suggested Discussion Questions:
1. Why is tzedakah as important as all the other commandments combined?
2. Why do we have the commandments? What purpose do they serve? Does tzedakah fill this same purpose?
Time Period: Rabbinic (Maccabees through the Talmud)