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Halakhah for Job 30:25

אִם־לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃

If I have not wept for him that was in trouble, And if my soul grieved not for the needy.

Kitzur Shulchan Arukh

Whoever gives charity to a poor person with an angry countenance, even if he gives a thousand gold pieces, he has forfeited his merit [reward], and he violates the prohibition: "Your heart shall not be sorry [when you give him charity]."19Deuteronomy 15:10. But rather you must give to him with a smiling countenance and with joy, and commiserate with his suffering, as Job said: "Did I not cry for the troubled, was my soul not grieved for the needy."20Job 30:25. And speak to him words of comfort as it is said: "And the heart of the widow, I caused to sing for joy."21Job 29:13.
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