מסכתות קטנות מסכת דרך ארץ פרק ז, הלכה כה
והוי שמח על שולחנך, בשעה שהרעבין באין ונהנין על שולחנך, כדי שתאריך ימים בעולם הזה ובעולם הבא.
Always be happy when you are sitting at your table and those who are hungry are enjoying your hospitality, in order to lengthen your days in this world and the World to Come. [AJWS Translation]
Suggested Discussion Questions:
1. Why should you be happy when you are feeding the hungry?
2. Why does feeding the hungry at your table lengthen your days in this world and the next?
3. Have you ever fed the hungry? How did it make you feel? Why?
Time Period: Rabbinic (Maccabees through the Talmud)