Tzedakah definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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In envisioning a world where the interaction between justice and tzedakah is a reality, we are blessed in today's age to have amazing organizations in our community, like the American Jewish World Service (AJWS), which has helped to redefine what giving means.

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He invoked the rights of animals, the concept of tzedakah (charitable deeds, from a charitable heart), the universality of souls. — F ;SF - vol 099 issue 03 - September 2000
Women have an obligation to practice tzedakah; no one can perform a mitzvah in another's name.
We do that by performing good deeds, by creating peace, by giving tzedakah and performing righteous acts, by treating our neighbors as we would ourselves, by "paying it forward," by helping others, by being change agents. — J. Weekly
She may use a portion of the funds to establish a tzedakah collective, in which others in the community would be asked to match the portion she contributed. — Articles
Participants would be invited into a yearlong study of the laws of tzedakah to determine how the group wanted to distribute the pooled funds. — Articles