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Tzedakah (Hebrew: צְדָקָה ṣədāqā, [ts(e)daˈka]) is a Hebrew word meaning "righteousness", but commonly used to signify charity. [1] This concept of "charity" differs from the modern Western understanding of "charity".
Tzedakah boxes are also found prominently in private residences and businesses to garner support for charitable causes. A common practice is for children to receive money weekly to place into the tzedakah box just before Shabbat .
Tzedakah is a central theme in Judaism and serves as one of the 613 commandments. [27] Tzedakah is used in common parlance as charitable giving. Tzedek, the root of tzedakah, means justice or righteousness. [27] Acts of tzedakah are used to generate a more just world. Therefore, tzedakah is a means through which to perform tikkun olam.
Typically, a loan is considered a form of Tzedakah or Ṣedaqah (Hebrew: צדקה [ts(e)daˈka]), a Hebrew word meaning "righteousness" but commonly used to signify charity. (This concept of "charity" differs from the modern Western understanding of "charity".
Tzedakah, along with prayer and repentance, is regarded as ameliorating the consequences of bad acts. Contemporary tzedakah is regarded as a continuation of the Biblical Maaser Ani , or poor-tithe, as well as Biblical practices including permitting the poor to glean the corners of a field, harvest during the Shmita (sabbatical year), and other ...
Maimonides conceived of an eight-level hierarchy of tzedakah, where the highest form is to give a gift, loan, or partnership that will result in the recipient becoming self-sufficient instead of living upon others. In his view, the lowest form of tzedakah is to give begrudgingly. [91] The eight levels are: [92] Giving begrudgingly
It is customary to increase the giving of tzedakah (charity) and to ask forgiveness from people one may have wronged. At midnight on the Saturday night or Sunday morning before Rosh Hashanah (or one week before that, if the first day of Rosh Hashanah is Monday or Tuesday), Ashkenazi Jews begin reciting selichot.
Tzadik is also the root of the word tzedakah ('charity', literally 'righteousness'). The term tzadik "righteous", and its associated meanings, developed in rabbinic thought from its Talmudic contrast with hasid ("pious" honorific), to its exploration in ethical literature , and its esoteric spiritualisation in Kabbalah .