...considered among the most meritorious acts of true charity. The Talmud lists visiting the sick among those things the fruit of which man eats in this world while...the principal remains for him for the world to come (Shabbat 127a). For other good deeds, the reward is only in the world to come. The importance of this...

...Jerusalem" (Ha-Siddur). Visiting the sick is a difficult commandment to perform. It is among those acts the fruit of which man eats in this world while the principal remains for him for the world to come (Talmud, Shabbos, 127b). It requires an authentic and genuine response between the visitor and patient....

...if he had shed blood."23 Rabbi Yochanan included this as one of the six kinds of deeds "the fruits of which man eats in this world, while the principal remains for him in the World to Come."24 Bikur Cholim societies exist in many communities to help provide for the needs...

...considered among the most meritorious acts of true charity. The Talmud lists visiting the sick among those things the fruit of which man eats in this world while the principal remains for him in the world-to-come.22 For other good deeds, the reward is only in the world-to-come. The importance...

...pass not away [Genesis 18:3]. . . . R. Judah b. Shila said in R. Assi's name in R. Johanan's name: There are six things, the fruit of which man eats...viz: Hospitality to wayfarers, visiting the sick, meditations in prayer, early attendance at the Beth Hamidrash, rearing one's sons to the study of the...

...Hamidrash. . . . Hospitality to wayfarers is greater than welcoming the presence of the Shechinah. . . . There are six things, the fruit of which man eats...wayfarers, visiting the sick, meditation in prayer, early attendance at the Beth Hamidrash, rearing one's sons to the study of the Torah, and judging one's neighbour...