tzedakahn.
/tsɛˈdɒkɑː/ Charity, the obligation to help one's fellow Jews.
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1959 D. D. Runes Conc. Dict. Judaism 225/2 Tzedakah, righteousness; charity.
1962 D. Bridger & S. Wolk New Jewish Encycl. 87/1 The Jewish concept of ‘charity’ has..been refined to mean more than the mere giving of alms; it has been considered as ‘Tzedakah’, an act of justice and righteousness.
1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 417 Maimonides set down variously rated forms of tzedaka.
1973 Synagogue Light Sept. 30/1 To all who have helped our brothers overseas in the year 5733, let me say that there can be no finer act of Tzedakah.
1978 Jewish Chron. 6 Oct. 23/3 Acceptance of the mitzvot, the ritual acts of prayer, tzedaka and so on.
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