Isaac Sows Charity and Reaps a Hundredfold Harvest in Gerar

Midrash Aggadah, Genesis 26:12

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"And Isaac sowed in that land" (Genesis 26:12) — that he performed a great act of charity (tzedakah) with the poor of that place, as it is said, "Sow for yourselves according to charity" (Hosea 10:12). "A hundredfold (a hundred measures)" — on account of that merit the Holy One, blessed be He, blessed that sowing, and the land yielded a hundred measures beyond what they had estimated of it.

Themes

CharityTzedakahPatriarchsKabbalahConversion

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