Charity. Jews are required to donate some of their income to charity. The Torah has many commandments designed to help the less fortunate.
From same root as Tzaddik, meaning righteous, but refers to charity. Many Jewish homes have a small box for collecting money that will later be donated to a charitable cause.
(Hebrew) — Righteousness, charity.
(tseh-DOCK-ah) “Righteousness,†often understood as “charity.†It is a custom to “give tzedakah†before entering the shul and as well, immediately before Shabbat commences.
Righteousness; obligation to care for others
charity World to Come a) the afterlife; b) the Era of the Resurrection of the Dead
literally "righteousness"; refers to money given to charity
Charity. In Hebrew, the word tzedakah derives from the word for justice. Tzedakah is not seen as emanating from the kindness of oneâ€(tm)s heart but, rather, as an obligation for righting the unfairness inherent in the unequal distribution of wealth.
(tsi-DUH-kuh) Lit. righteousness. Generally refers to charity.
Literal meaning is justice but it has come to mean charity because charity is not by choice but is a mitzvah, an obligatory moral duty. AHRZEIT: Yiddish for anniversary of the death of a family member. It calls for the recitation of the Kaddish in a minyan.
Translates as righteousness. Refers to acts of charity.
Tzedakah (Hebrew: צדקה) in Judaism, is the Hebrew term most commonly translated as "charity", though it is based on a root meaning "justice" .(צדק). In Arabic, charity is "sadakah" (صدقه) and an obligatory type of it, the Arabic term "zakat", is considered to be one of the five pillars of Islam.
