tzedakah

or ze·da·kah

[ Sephardic Hebrew tsuh-dah-kah; Ashkenazic Hebrew tsuh-daw-kuh ]

noun

, Hebrew.

1. charity or the giving of charity.

Example Sentences

“I will. And those rubles are for tzedakah when you get back home. Because tzedakah is a mitzvah, and someone doing a mitzvah can’t be harmed. So you’ll be safe as you travel.”

From Literature

Much of his motivation through his career, Mr. Cardin said in the video, “comes back to tzedakah, part of our tradition as Jews to help those that are less fortunate.”

From New York Times

The Jewish tradition of tzedakah speaks to giving as a form of social justice.

From Washington Post

Once open, museum visitors will be able to watch a video introduction in a theater gallery and view elaborate Jewish spice boxes, prayer books and tzedakah boxes often found in Jewish homes that are used for collecting coins for charity.

From Washington Times

Rabbis will say we have a duty of tzedakah to give to the needy; a pastoral letter of the U.S.

From New York Times