עניי עירך קודמים (THE POOR OF YOUR CITY COMES FIRST) 'My peop | Robin Monotti Cory Morningstar

עניי עירך קודמים (THE POOR OF YOUR CITY COMES FIRST)

"My people and foreigners - my people first; poor and rich - poor first; your poor and the poor of your city - your poor first; the poor of your city and the poor of other city - the poor of your city comes first."

Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Bava Matzia, page AA, page A.

The Jewish Talmud has defined the rules which one must follow when it comes to giving help to others. It clearly states that you must first take care of those who are in need and close to you before you involve yourself in helping others who are further from you.

I believe that the reason for it is because when you help those whom you have no real connection with (rather than those who are more close to you) the action is more an act of the mind, not of the heart, and that these actions are actually an attempt of the mind to ignore those who might challenge its perception of reality.

It is so easy for the ego to perceive itself as generous when it does not have to face the real poverty that is right in front of its footsteps, because this poverty is challenging the fake sense of morality the ego has.


The war in Ukraine has exposed the complete lack of morality of the western world. Sending Ukraine BILLIONS of dollars/Euros/Pounds while the people in the US, Europe, and UK are struggling and their life is crumbling as a result of the rising food, energy, and commodities prices, and the collapse of the economy which was caused directly by the same leaders who are now pretending to act out of morality shows us they completely lost their moral compass. We are being led by sinners who pretend to be full of compassion, and they are nothing but a reflection of our society.

The values that have built the western civilization have been forsaken.

May God have mercy on our souls.