Back to This Week's Parsha Previous Issues Vol. This is hinted in the very word 'tzedokoh', whose numerical value is 199, to say that if one owns 199 zuz one may still accept tzedokoh. Someone who lends a poor man money will find that Hashem lends him.
Nobody loses out by performing the mitzvah of tzedokoh.
They are known as the vessels of Hashem. How much more should his level of esteem rise in our eyes now that we know that he is also a member of Hashem's elite troop. Because it is the way of the rich man to run towards the poor. Among the many lessons we can learn from these children is the correct order of priorities. They knew that tzedokoh is second only to Torah-study.