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The parent (or, father) organization behind Real Economics and Real Inc. is Holy Industries. Holy Industries is an organization with a mission to bring holiness to the world one industry at a time.

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What is the image above you might ask? That would be the letter "Gimmel," the third letter in the Hebrew alphabet. Jewish tradition tells us that this letter represents a giver of charity and its bottom-left extension is said to represent the hand giving the actual charity. Another interpretation is that this extension is actually a foot, and it represents the giver of charity actually running after the receiver in order to give to him. The very idea behind why we call G-d the "Father" is because the father, and the concept of the masculine in general, is the concept of the giver (insofar as the initial creation of life is concerned). Hence, an image representing a giver is quite suitable for a page called Father.

  • “Charity is equivalent to all the commandments (combined).” - Rav Asi, Bava Basra 9a; Pe'ah 1:1 (Jerusalem Talmud)

  • “Charity is greater than all the commandments.” - The Alter Rebbe, Iggeret HaKodesh, Epistle 3

  • “In all of the Jerusalem Talmud, charity is called simply “The Commandment,” since that used to be the normal way to refer to charity—because charity is the most important (or alternatively, the core) of the practical commandments, and surpasses them all.” - The Alter Rebbe, Tanya, Chapter 37

  • "[The commandment of charity] is equivalent to all the commandments (combined), the most auspicous of all practical commandments, and supersedes them all. Man takes from the toil of his hands, of the money he has earned, and gives of his own livelihood (his own life).” - Dvar Malchus in English (Rabbi Binyomin Schlanger), Vayikra, Page 220

  • “This is the main thing: to increase in the performance of commandments, especially the commandment of charity (which also includes all commandments within it and) which draws the redemption closer.” - Dvar Malchus in English (Rabbi Binyomin Schlanger), Vayikra, Page 209

  • “...If you wish to repent, search for any poor people whom you may have forgotten, and provide them with sustenance… providing for the poor and covering the naked should be your central focus.” - Isaiah 58:7 (Translated & Elucidated by Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz))

  • “When the approaching footsteps of the Messiah are close upon us, the principal service of G‑d is the service of charity.” - The Alter Rebbe, Iggeret HaKodesh, Epistle 9

  • "Great is charity, for since the day that the world was created until this day the world stands upon charity." - Midrash Tanna d'Vei Eliyahu Zutta 1

  • "By giving charity a person’s mind and heart become refined one thousand times." - The Alter Rebbe, Torah Ohr, Bereishis 1b

  • “We are obligated to be careful with regard to the commandment of charity to a greater extent than all other positive commandments.” - Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Matnot Aniyim 10:1

  • "There is no greater and more splendid happiness than to gladden the hearts of the poor..." - Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Megillah VaChannukah 2:17

  • "Great is charity in that it brings closer the messianic redemption." - Rabbi Yehudah, Bava Basra 10a

  • "Charity and truth are the foundations of His (G-d's) throne." - Tehillim 97:2

  • "So said the Lord: uphold justice and do charity." - Yeshayahu 56:1

"Ten strong entities were created in the world, one stronger than the other. A mountain is strong, but iron, which is stronger, cleaves it. Iron is strong, but fire melts it. Fire is strong, but water extinguishes it. Water is strong, but clouds bear it. Clouds are strong, but wind disperses them. Wind is strong, but the human body withstands it. The human body is strong, but fear breaks it. Fear is strong, but wine dispels it. Wine is strong, but sleep drives it off. And death is stronger than them all, but charity saves a person from death, as it is written: 'And charity delivers from death' (Proverbs 10:2, 11:4)." - Rabbi Yehudah, Bava Basra 10a (Translated & Elucidated by Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz))

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