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tzedakah
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to do goodUsage: his tzedakah project was to donate money to help children.
(Noun) (Hebrew), often mistranslated as "charity" - Tzedakah stems from God's commandments to help others in need. The key difference is that Tzedakah is obligatory in every and any situation, whereas "charity" comes from the Greek, meaning 'to care about'.
Usage: I give Tzedakah because it is the right thing to do.
(Noun) Jewish concept of charity.
Usage: Did you give tzedakah today?
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