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Use for discussions of or involvement in charitable activities.
Additonal Notes:
For discussions of institutional welfare that was provided by the Jewish community, use "community welfare, Jewish" instead. Use this keyword in conjunction with "customs and observances, Jewish" when the subject of *Tzedaka is either elaborated upon topically or if specific acts of Tzedaka are discussed. Examples of individual actions that would be covered by "philanthropic activities" and "customs and observances, Jewish" are: a Jew or a Jewish family brings home less fortunate Jews for Shabbat, houses a yeshiva student, or offers their home to hold weddings.
*Additional Information: Tzedaka, Heb. From Tzedek meaning righteousness, truth, kindness, ethical conduct and even deliverance. Often used colloquially to denote charitable giving. Tzedek is also the root of the term Tzadik, meaning a righteous or saintly individual. The notion of Tzedaka in its broadest application extends beyond monetary giving, and is considered by Jewish faith as a legal claim to provide food, clothing, and shelter to those less fortunate. The assigned gifts as outlined in Deuteronomy 15:9-11are legally considered as the property of the poor, and the owner is not entitled to decide who should receive them. Maimonides devotes ten chapters to the subject in his Mishneh Torah, and states that one must give according to their needs. Rabbi Israel al-Nakawa of fourteenth-century Spain wrote that the world is akin to a revolving wheel: one who is rich today could be poor tomorrow. Let a person therefore give charity before the wheel has turned. (en-US)