Rebbe Elazar said: Prayer is greater than good deeds! Surely no one has more good deeds to his name than Moshe Rabbenu, but he was answered only because of his prayers, as the Torah says: "Do not speak to me anymore...ascend to the top of the cliff." (Devarim 3:26-27)
Rebbe Elazar also said: Fasting is greater than tzedaka. Why? Because one who gives tzedaka gives of his possessions, but one who fasts gives of his body.
(Brachot 32b)
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