Quotes About Tzedakah

Hebrew word for "charity" tzedakah, simply means "justice" and as this suggests, for Jews, giving to the poor is no optional extra but an essential part of living a just life.

No, no, no. The Rabbi raised his hands. The loan is free. Just return the eighteen hundred after the IPO. If you want to give me anything more, then you decide however to repay me. Give to tzedakah--a gift to charity. Give to Bialystok Center. Or give nothing. This is an investment. Your are investing in Veritech. And I am investing in you.

Each Jew must either give or take tzedakah [charity] for Passover.

It's just not our style to put our names on the philanthropy we've done. It's not in the Jewish tradition of tzedakah.

As Jews, we are commanded to give tzedakah - an act of justice, not charity - because it is the righteous thing to do.

In the Talmud (a record of discussions of Jewish law and ethics by ancient rabbis) it is said that charity is equal in importance to all the other commandments combined, and that Jews should give at least 10 percent of their income as tzedakah.

Since a year encompasses a great deal of events, so do our services in the month of Elul. As we prepare for the redemption offered us by Yom Kippur, we focus on what I like to call the three T's: Torah, tefilah, and tzedakah.