Musar su Proverbi 11:4

In the meantime the man had sat down and dozed off under a tree while his companion took leave of him to travel by a different route. Rabbi Yose said to Rabbi Chiyya, “Now let us sit at a distance and watch what happens because it is clear that the Holy One Blessed is He intends to perform a miracle on his behalf.” Meanwhile they saw a figure resembling flaming coal standing before him. Rabbi Chiyya declared, “Woe to him, for now he is about to die.” But Rabbi Yose said, “How deserving he must be, for the Holy One Blessed is He is about to do a miracle on his behalf.” While they were speaking a snake came down from the tree bent on killing the man. But the flame arose and trampled the head of the snake, killing it and then disappeared. Rabbi Yose said, “Did I not tell you that the Holy One Blessed is He wished to do a miracle for him and that you should not deprive him of his merit?” Soon the man awoke and stood up to continue along his way. But Rabbi Chiyya and Rabbi Yose caught up with him and gave him to eat. Afterwards they informed him of the miracle that the Holy One Blessed is He had done for him. Rabbi Yose then cited the verse, “And charity saves from death” (Mishlei 11:4). He explained, “There is a Tree of Life and a Tree of Death. Whoever does good deeds takes hold of the Tree of Life. Whoever does bad ones takes hold of the Tree of Death. This fellow who performed charity and gave sustenance to the poor was saved thereby from the snake and he thus weakened the power of the Tree of Death.”