Chasidut for Rosh Hashanah 7:2
ומאן דעבד הכי לאו מעליותא היא והתניא האומר סלע זו לצדקה בשביל שיחיו בני ובשביל שאזכה בה לחיי העולם הבא הרי זה צדיק גמור
That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savour unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which would show that his motives were not pure.');"><sup>3</sup></span> But even so, is not the action still a meritorious one, seeing that it has been taught: 'If a man says, offer this sela' for charity in order that my children may live and in order that through it I may merit the future world, he may still be a wholly righteous man? ' - There is no contradiction; this statement applies to Israelites, there we speak of heathens.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore the king's action was not meritorious. [Heathens are assumed to regret the good deed should the attached condition not be realized (Rashi and Tosaf.) ].');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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