Commentary for Berakhot 12:15
אמר מר זוטרא אגרא דתעניתא צדקתא
Mar Zotra said : The merit of a fast consists in dispensing charity.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
"The giving of charity on fast days was much encouraged," Oesterley and Box, p. 434.
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