Tosefta su Geremia 16:78

Said Rabbi Elazar bar Yosei, "From where [do we learn] that charity and acts of kindness [make] a great peace and are great intercessors between the Jewish people and their Father in heaven? As it is written (Jer. 16:5), 'So said the Lord, enter not into a house of mourning[, neither go to lament nor bemoan them, for I have taken away My peace from this people, says the Lord, both kindness and mercy].' 'Kindness' -- this refers to acts of lovingkindness. And 'mercy' -- this refers to charity, in order to teach that charity and acts of lovingkindness [bring] peace and are great intercessors between Israel and their Father in heaven."