Binyamin Hatzadik
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| התנא בנימין הצדיק | |
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| Binyomin ha'Tzadik, Aba Binyomin, Abba Binyamin | |
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| A Tana who served as a manager of a charity fund. |
Binyomin Hatzadik was a Tana mentioned in the Braysa who was the administer of a charity fund and was once credited with saving the lives of a woman and her seven children. He is buried in Darom Neighborhood of Tzfat.
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Gabbi Tzedakah
Binyamin Hatzadik was a manager of a charity fund. Once during a year of famine he was approached by woman who requested financial support. Binyamin Hatzadik swore by the Service of the Bais Hamikdash that the fund was currently depleted. She responded that if he would not support her then she and her seven children would die. Upon hearing this Binyamin Hatzadik went ahead and supported this family from his personal money.
Saved from Deathly Illness
Years later Binyamin Hatzadik became ill and was near death. In heaven the Ministering Angels argued in his behalf in front of Hashem. They said it is known from the Torah that one who sustains a single Jewish soul, it is as if he sustained the entire world. This is the reason why Adom was created alone, to show that each person through his descendents can fill the world. This is also the reason why Hashem rebuked Kayin after he murdered Hevel "the bloods of your brother are calling out". It uses the plural word 'bloods' to imply that Kayin had murdered Hevel and all the descendents that would have come out from him.