Friday word: Tzedakah

[med_cat]

Tzedakah, n.: charity, in Hebrew

The root of this word is not "love" as in the English word "charity", but "justice".

As the Sages wrote--

On three things does the world stand: Torah study, chesed (deeds of lovingkindness), and tzedakah.

Comments

[prettygoodword]

:puts a coin in the tzedakah box:

[med_cat]

Thank you :)

[zenigotchas]

That's beautiful

[med_cat]

Thank you :)