{"text":"Rabbi Hiyya advised his wife, “When a poor man comes to the door, be quick to give him food so that the same may be done to your children.” She exclaimed, “You are cursing our children [with the suggestion that they may become beggars].” But Rabbi Hiyya replied, “There is a wheel which revolves in this world.” —Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 151b.","author":"Joseph Telushkin","tags":["altruism","cycle-of-life","generosity","income-inequality","jewish","poverty","talmud","what-goes-around-comes-around"],"id":214283,"author_id":"Joseph+Telushkin"}