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	Tzedakah Box
		Tzedakah is one of the most important and beautiful traditions of Judaism.
		The design of this piece is based on the meaning of Tzedakah from Biblical sources to the interpretation of the Rambam.
		This Tzedakah Box is three separate boxes that unite to form one whole shape.
	www.dangivon.co.il /PageTzedakahBox.htm (139 words)

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		Thus tzedakah is of course a financial or material donation which tzadiks (righteous ones) give.
		Tzedakah is an integral part of Jewish society and life from the ancient times.
		Tzedakah has to be a result of the grateful heart, a result of the surplus which a man cannot help but share with others because God blessed him.
	menorah.by.ru /tzedakah_english.htm (650 words)

	Tzedakah
		"Tzedakah" is the Hebrew word for the acts that we call "charity" in English: giving aid, assistance and money to the poor and needy or to other worthy causes.
		Some sages have said that tzedakah is the highest of all commandments, equal to all of them combined, and that a person who does not perform tzedakah is equivalent to an idol worshipper.
		Tzedakah is one of the three acts that gain us forgiveness from our sins.
	www.homestead.com /bnaiisrael/Tzedakah.html (671 words)

	Beyond Tzedakah: Understanding the Torah Expenditure
		Tzedakah is, obviously, an important Torah expenditure, however it is perhaps the strangest of mitzvot in that it is one that we should really wish not to do.
		Tzedakah is only for the poor; gemilat chassadim is for both the poor and the rich.
		Tzedakah (sic) is obviously used in its colloquial sense.
	www.nishma.org /articles/journal/tzedakah.htm (8752 words)

	Welcome to Areyvut
		Tzedakah is a weighty responsibility that should be discharged with great care and thought.
		Tzedakah is a joyous and mutually beneficial partnership among the Almighty, the donor, and the recipient.
		Tzedakah, Inc. is a nonprofit organization devoted to enhancing the economic and spiritual levels of the mitzvah of tzedakah.
	www.areyvut.org /tzedakah.asp (1673 words)

	UJC - MyJewishLearning.com: Themes and Theology of Tzedakah
		Although often translated as "charity," tzedakah is not equivalent to charity.
		The Talmudic rabbis felt strongly about the spiritual significance of tzedakah, claiming that when one practices tzedakah and justice, it is as though he or she had filled the world with lovingkindness.
		Tzedakah is closely related to gemilut chasadim, which involves actions and commitment beyond mere financial gifts.
	www.ujc.org /content_display.html?ArticleID=82099 (540 words)

	Barmitzvahs.org - Tzedakah: Charity
		In many ways, charitable donation has taken the place of animal sacrifice in Jewish life: giving to charity is an almost instinctive Jewish response to express thanks to G-d, to ask forgiveness from G-d, or to request a favor from G-d.
		The word "tzedakah" is derived from the Hebrew root Tzade-Dalet-Qof, meaning righteousness, justice or fairness.
		The obligation to perform tzedakah can be fulfilled by giving money to the poor, to health care institutions, to synagogues or to educational institutions.
	www.barmitzvahs.org /judaism/tzedakah.php (798 words)

	Tzedakah
		I suspect the author of the prayer might have had in mind that giving tzedakah is a mitzvah that atones for the sins we have committed.
		Rabbah 5:3] says that tzedakah is preferred over sacrifices because it could still be done even after the Temple had been destroyed, and because it can atone for sins committed willfully as well as by accident, whereas sacrifices were only thought to atone for accidental sins.
		It is through these acts of kindness and tzedakah that we come to realize we are not alone in facing the challenges of life.
	www.bethyeshurun.org /tzedakah.htm (2592 words)

	Adat Shalom Tzedakah Guidelines
		Historically, the mitzvah of tzedakah was fulfilled by "maaser," the giving of one-tenth of all yearly produce.
		Priorities in giving tzedakah also need to be established within the tensions between immediate basic needs of others and long-term projects for ensuring their ultimate self-sufficiency.
		The highest degree of tzedakah, though, in Maimonides's ladder is giving that allows those in need to become economically self-sufficient, thereby helping them to dispense with the aid of others.
	www.jrf.org /adatsmd/tzedakah.html (1407 words)

	JewishCharities.org - Online Tzedakah
		Tzedakah is part of the 10 Commandments and holds a very high place in Judaism.
		Tzedakah is derived from the Hebrew word tzade-dalet-qof, meaning righteous, fair, or just.
		In Jewish literature, the sages have said that tzedakah is the highest of all commandments.
	www.jewishcharities.org (613 words)

	Business Ethics - Does day –school tuition count as tzedakah?
		Tzedakah in other words must be part of one's discretionary spending.
		As it is obligatory for parents to provide their children with a Jewish education it follows that tuition can not be considered a form of tzedakah.
		If after providing for food, clothing, housing and Jewish education there is little left over, one would actually be exempt from the key aspect of the mitzvah of tzedakah, namely the obligation to donate between one fifth and one tenths of one's net income to an appropriate cause.
	www.torahinmotion.org /articles_dvarim/bus_ethics/tzedakah.htm (658 words)

	Tzedakah
		Tzedakah begins the moment we decide to think about other people besides ourselves.
		When we think of how blessed we are and that it is our obligation to share our blessings with others, the impulse for tzedakah is born.
		Tzedakah and philanthropy are at the heart of Judaism and at the heart of the Rodeph Sholom community.
	www.rodephsholom.org /tzedakah.html (1011 words)

	Money and Congregational Life: Tzedakah and Jewish Holidays
		This "New Year of the Trees" is ripe for Tzedakah dedicated to environmental preservation locally and in Israel-and to economic justice for farmworkers and others in food industries.
		Tzedakah dedicated to campaigns against slavery and to just treatment for immigrants and "strangers" is very appropriate for this remembrance of the Exodus.
		Tzedakah on this day might be devoted to projects of generational continuity and to legal activism for corporate, government and judicial responsibility.
	www.jrf.org /cong/res-mcl-tzedakah.html (473 words)

	What is a Tzedakah Box? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The word tzedakah, designating any work directed toward aiding the poor, signifies that Judaism considers the poor man's right to food, clothing and shelter as a legal claim that must be honored by the more fortunate.
		So, when you do tzedakah, don't announce it with trumpets to win people's praise, like the hypocrites in the synagogues and on the streets…" He goes on to say that you should not even let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.
		The Tzedakah Box, literally "a box of righteousness" is one way for each of us to do his or her part.
	www.kehilatdvarhashem.org /faq/tzedakahbox.htm (1321 words)

	Reviving*Eden: Tzedakah & Tikkun Olam
		Tzedakah is defined as money donated to others because that is the right thing to do.
		Often mistranslated as "charity," tzedakah, in its Hebrew origin, is actually more related to "justice -- tzedek." Many homes and synagogues have a tzedakah box, or "pushke" in Yiddish, in which change can be given to tzedakah.
		The ideas of Tzedakah and Tikkun Olam are central pillars of Jewish tradition, and have many interpretations that are relevant to modern life.
	www.kolel.org /revivingeden/tzedakah.html (493 words)

	Tzedakah
		Tzedakah is the quintessential Jewish response to adversity.
		Giving tzedakah is also a traditional way of giving thanks to God, or for asking forgiveness from God.
		Tzedakah is a way of seeking forgiveness from God, it is a way of helping to balance the scales of our deeds, putting more on the good side of the scales.
	www.bethyeshurun.org /tzedakah2.htm (2899 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - Daily Life: Tzedakah in the Jewish Tradition
		Tzedakah is loosely translated as "charity," but that is a misrepresentation of the concept.
		Tzedakah is not charity given out of caritas, in the Christian understanding of those words; it is given as an act of redress, as part of the process of seeking a just world.
		The doctrine of pikuach nefesh ["saving a life"] applies here: he must not endanger his life to perform this mitzvah.) It is forbidden to turn away a poor person empty-handed, but if one truly cannot give, a Jew is expected to at least offer words of comfort.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /daily_life/Tzedakah/TO_Tzedakah_H_and_D/Tzedakah_J_Trad.htm (647 words)

	Tzedakah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Judaism is very tied to the concept of tzedakah, or charity, and the nature of Jewish giving has created a North American Jewish community that is very philanthropic.
		In chapter 19 of the Book of Leviticus it says that "When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap all the way to the edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
		The fourteenth chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy says that "You shall set aside every year a tenth part of all the yield of your sowing that is brought from the field." However, if this is not possible, the law of tzedakah still requires that something is given.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tzedakah (715 words)

	Tzedakah Ministries Legal Information
		Tzedakah Ministries is a 501(C)3 non-profit ministry of Needham Road Baptist Church / The Church at 242.
		If you at any time would no longer like to receive information from Tzedakah Ministries, please e-mail info@tzedakahministries.org and request to be removed from our mailing list.
		Tzedakah Ministries has not and will not ever sell the information you provide to us.
	www.tzedakahministries.org /legal.htm (122 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - Daily Life: Primer: Tzedakah
		In the Bible, tzedakah means “righteous behavior” and is often paired with “justice.” In Jewish thought and tradition, material support for those in need is not a matter of “charity”—a term that implies generosity beyond what may be expected—but a requirement.
		The rabbis of classical Judaism praised tzedakah, calling it, for example, “equal in value to all the other mitzvot [commandments] combined.” They also praised those who practice it, saying that they attain the level of holiness of someone who brought sacrifices in the ancient Temple.
		The so-called "ladder of tzedakah" expounded by the medieval thinker Maimonides, one of the best-known Jewish sources on this subject, emphasizes the importance of anonymous, generous giving, and on helping those in need become self-sufficient.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /daily_life/Tzedakah/Tzedakah_Primer.htm?GL=true (485 words)

	TZEDAKAH TO CBI INTRODUCTION
		Tzedakah is the Hebrew word for the acts we call in English charity.
		However, the nature of tzedakah is different from the idea of charity.
		While this is important and good, the truer meaning of the word tzedakah is righteousness, justice or fairness.
	www.cbisd.org /tzedakah/index.shtml (358 words)

	Tzedakah Activists Vs. Sodomites
		According to the Ramban, the classic example of a cruel and selfish society which failed to do acts of tzedakah was the city-state of Sodom, which was why this society was destroyed during the era of Avraham and Sarah.
		Tzedakah, however, is not specifically mentioned in this code; thus, why were the inhabitants of Sodom held accountable for their failure to perform acts of tzedakah?
		This reminder leads me to suggest a special reason why Avraham stressed the mitzvah of tzedakah in the spiritual legacy that he gave over to his descendants Avraham was aware of how the social selfishness of Sodom endangered the lives of the poor and needy.
	www.shemayisrael.co.il /publicat/hazon/tzedaka/Tzedakah_Activists_Vs_Sodomites.html (1492 words)

	SocialAction.com - Tzedakah: Tzedakah Index
		Tzedakah, Inc.'s mission is to help raise the level and effectiveness of Jewish charitable giving by encouraging more informed giving and better managed, more open, and accountable charitable organizations.
		The Ziv Tzedakah Fund, founded by Danny Siegel, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the collection and distribution of funds to various little known tzedakah (charitable) projects in Israel.
		After you donate to tzedakah (philanthropy), you might not be done until you encourage others to do the same.
	www.socialaction.com /tzedakah/tzedakah.shtml (593 words)

	Tzedakah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The tradition of Tzedakah (righteousness) is a fundamental part of Jewish living.
		Charity is considered a befitting way to celebrate a simchah (happy occasion), recall a deceased loved one, and mark the passage of time (people often give charity around the time of various holy days).
		In addition, many synagogues have Tzedakah boxes, to enable people who come to worship, study, and celebrate, to fulfill the precept of righteousness.
	www.templesanjose.org /JudaismInfo/faq/Tzedakah.htm (363 words)

	Tzedakah Day
		Tzedakah Day is an annual Shir Hadash event that provides our congregants the opportunity to donate a few hours of time community projects, associate with other Temple members, set an example for our children, and perform the mitzvah of "Tikkun Olam" - repairing the world.
		The wide variety of projects are designed to translate your interest, talents, and resources into good deeds for the community.
		Hebrew High School students are encouraged to come and participate as well, as Tzedakah, in this case the giving of time and energy for good causes, is part of the Hebrew High curriculum.
	www.shirhadash.org /tzedakah/index.html (446 words)

	Tzedakah
		New wooden tzedakah box is modern in its simple design, and very practical.
		Stained glass tzedakah box in soft lavendar glass, has the Tree of Life etched on the front creating an almost 3-D effect.
		This tzedakah box is made of fine hard wood, a matte finished brass, and intricately detailed mother-of-pearl.
	www.nvo.com /menshenables/tzedakahboxes (396 words)

	UJC - Tzedakah Shiur
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		To educate the masses about the Jewish foundations of tzedakah and how this can apply to their personal lives through the work of the federation system, and the importance of collective responsibility.
		Make the bridge from this activity into UJC with the idea of the kuppah—giving to a communal pot that gets distributed amongst the communities needs, the vocational training programs—Maimonede's highest level—to teach another so that they will be able to succeed on their own, etc.
	www.ujc.org /content_display.html?ArticleID=25444 (796 words)

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