Rabbi Tanḥum ben Rabbi Ḥiyya began: “On a day of good, enjoy, and on a day of bad, see: God made this corresponding to that” (Ecclesiastes 7:14). If misfortune befell another, see how you can benefit him and sustain him in order to receive reward. So would Rabbi Tanḥum ben Rabbi Ḥiyya do when his mother would purchase a litra of meat from the market; she would purchase two for him, one for him, and one for the poor, on the basis of: “This corresponding to that” – the Holy One blessed be He made the poor and the wealthy so that they would benefit each other. Therefore, Moses cautions them: “If your brother will become poor.”
Moses and Solomon of Tanhum
Vayikra Rabbah 34:5