“My children, whenever you give sustenance to the poor, I impute it to you as though you gave sustenance to me.” Does God eat and drink? “No, but whenever you give food to the poor, God accounts it to you as if you gave food to Him”

                                                                         Midrash Tannaim

Jewish theology, like both Christian and Islamic theology agrees that service on behalf of the poor and hungry is imputed to the believer as service done to God. Reaching out in love to the poor is reaching out in love to God.