tzedekah

But teshuvah, tefillah and tzedekah cause to pass over the evil of the decree.

2006 September - Danya Ruttenberg 2006

The theology of the Unetane Tokef–which appears in both the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur liturgy–has always troubled me–how can we accept that tefillah (prayer) and teshuvah (repentance) and tzedekah (acts of righteousness, usually translated as “charity”) are going to save us from earthquakes, car accidents, persecution?

2006 September - Danya Ruttenberg 2006

We need tzedekah charity, righteousness to enact, in part, this service–by caring for others we care for God.

2006 September - Danya Ruttenberg 2006

We need tzedekah charity, righteousness to enact, in part, this service–by caring for others we care for God.

The Unetane Tokef and Collective Responsibility - Danya Ruttenberg 2006

The theology of the Unetane Tokef–which appears in both the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur liturgy–has always troubled me–how can we accept that tefillah (prayer) and teshuvah (repentance) and tzedekah (acts of righteousness, usually translated as “charity”) are going to save us from earthquakes, car accidents, persecution?

The Unetane Tokef and Collective Responsibility - Danya Ruttenberg 2006

But teshuvah, tefillah and tzedekah cause to pass over the evil of the decree.

The Unetane Tokef and Collective Responsibility - Danya Ruttenberg 2006

Danya Ruttenberg schreibt: The theology of the Unetane Tokef has always troubled me–how can we accept that prayer and repentance and tzedekah acts of righteousness, usually translated as charity are going to save us from earthquakes, car accidents, persecution?

The Unetane Tokef and Collective Responsibility - Danya Ruttenberg 2006

All you late-90s ecstasy dealers from around the way in Midwood — representing the tzedekah boxes of Avenue J deli counters that collected money for the settlers to stockpile guns and the Kings Highway pool halls where you said such charming things about Arabs — hey kids, there’s hope for you yet.

Hustle Or Starve | ATTACKERMAN 2009

I would be thrilled if my mitzvah money went to tzedekah–wish I’d known to ask, or to seek out a Hartman thing specifically.

Sukkot, Incoming - Danya Ruttenberg 2006