Reply To: Chidushim on Daf Yomi

A taanis is greater than tzadaka. The benefit of a taanis is twofold. One חלבי ודמי הנמעט בצומי is like a korban sacrificing his fat and blood diminished through the tanis. Two, when one of the senses is weakened, the other is strenghtened. When c’v one is blind, he hears better. When we weaken the physical body, we strenghten the spiritual senses.