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"almsgiving", however, is far from expressing the full meaning of the Hebrew ẓedaḳah, which is, charity in the spirit of uprightness or justice. According to

against Germany." Schiff believed in the Jewish charitable principle of Zedakah. Beginning in childhood he recalled "Kindness was the keynote of the household

in the public domain: Jacobs, Joseph; Eisenstein, Judah David (1906). "Ẓedaḳah Box". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 12

charity to the needy, from a feeling of both compassion and righteousness (ẓedaḳah). (See LXX. (note: Septuagint) on Prov. xxi. 21, and Dan. iv. 24.)" Kohler

first part, from "alef" to "kaf," was published (Amsterdam, 1698) Me'il Ẓedaḳah, a treatise on charity (ib. 1704) Shebeṭ Musar, an ethical and moral treatise

Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4. Preface to Morpurgo's Shemesh Ẓedaḳah. De Rossi, Giovanni Bernardo. Bibliotheca Antichristiana. p. 63. Lampronti

in charge of matters of general Ashkenazi interest, such as cemetery, zedakah for the poor, hospital and representation of the Ashkenazim towards the

in Asher b. Jehiel's "Orḥot Ḥayyim" (Frankfurt am Main, 1717); "Me'il Ẓedaḳah," responsa, at the end of which are notes on Euclid (written in 1710, and

in charge of matters of general Ashkenazi interest, such as cemetery, zedakah for the poor, hospital and representation of the Ashkenazim towards the

Ellus bas Mordecai of Slutsk (Belarus). His other works include: Me'il Ẓedaḳah (The Cloak of Righteousness), on worship and study, published at Mantua