Likutei Moharan, Part II
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כְּשֶׁמְּקַנְּאִין קִנְאַת ה' צְבָאוֹת, נֶחֱשָׁב כְּמוֹ צְדָקָה.
When one avenges “the vengeance of the God of Hosts,” it is reckoned as charity.
כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתְבוּ הַתּוֹסָפוֹת בְּפֶרֶק הַשֻּׁתָּפִין, עַל מַה שֶּׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (ב"ב י:):
This is as the Tosafot wrote in Chapter HaShutafin, concerning that which our Sages, of blessed memory, taught (Bava Batra 10b) : {“Charity exalts a people, but the kindness of nations is a sin” (Proverbs 14:34).}
צְדָקָה תְּרוֹמֵם גּוֹי – אֵלּוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל; וְחֶסֶד לְאֻמִּים חַטָּאת – אֵלּוּ הָעַכּוּ"ם, שֶׁכָּל חֶסֶד שֶׁעוֹשִׂין וְכוּ'. וְהֵבִיאוּ רְאָיָה מִנְּבוּזַרְאֲדָן, עַיֵּן שָׁם.
“Charity exalts a people”—this refers to Israel—“but the kindness of nations is a sin”—this refers to idolaters, whose every kindness…. They brought proof from Nevuzaraddan; see there.
וְכָתְבוּ הַתּוֹסָפוֹת שָׁם: וּנְבוּזַרְאֲדָן עָשָׂה אָז צְדָקָה, שֶׁקִּנֵּא לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא. נִמְצָא שֶׁקִּנְאַת ה' צְבָאוֹת הוּא כְּמוֹ צְדָקָה:
And the Tosafot wrote there: Nevuzaraddan performed charity then by taking revenge on behalf of God. It follows, that “the vengeance of the God of Hosts” is akin to charity.