The sefer / Part I / Torah 204
מעלת הצדקה ידוע
No shiur on this Torah yet. R’ Moshe’s shiurim so far cover Torahs 1–34.
Reb Noson’s halachos based on this Torah, on Sefaria
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English translation by Moshe Mykoff © Breslov Research Institute, from Sefaria, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.
The value of charity is known, especially when [the charity] is given to a Torah scholar. As it is brought: The money that is given to a Torah scholar is the aspect of “support for Torah” (Zohar III, 53b).
Indeed, this money that we give to a Torah scholar is an aspect of Torah, literally. No transgression can cancel this money given to a Torah scholar. As our Sages, of blessed memory, said: Transgression cannot extinguish Torah (Sotah 21a). This money is thus literally an aspect of Torah, as explained above.
Thus, MAOT (money) is an acronym of “V ’ein Aveirah M’khabeh Torah (but transgression cannot extinguish Torah).”
There is much more to this matter. For when [Rebbe Nachman] revealed this, he told some story connected with it, but we merited to record only these things.