Parsha Pearls
You probably knew that giving tzedakah, is a great mitzva, but did you know that based on the verse עֲשהֹ צְדָקָה וּמִשְפָט נִבְחָר לַה ‘מִזָבַח- Performing charity and justice is preferred by Hashem to a sacrifice (Mishlei 21:3), the Midrash on this week’s Parsha relates to us the following mesorah: (Devorim Rabba, Shoftim, 5:3):
Sacrifices atone only for sins done unintentionally, but charity and [just] judgments atone for sins done unintentionally and intentionally.