צדקה

צְדָקָהf. (b. h.; preced. wds.) purity, righteousness, equity, liberality, esp. almsgiving. Deut. R. s. 5 (ref. to Prov. 21:3) הקרבנות … והצ׳ והדין מכפריןוכ׳ sacrifices effect atonement only for the involuntary sinner, but righteousness (or charity) and justice atone for Pes.87b, v. פָּזַר. Tosef.Dem.III, 17, v. גַּבָּיי Sabb.118b גבאי צ׳ collectors of public charity; מחלקי צ׳ distributors of charity, v. חֵלֶק. Succ.49b גדולהג״ח יותר מן הצ׳ deeds of love are worth more than almsgiving; ib. צ׳ בממונוג״חוכ׳ charity is done at the mere sacrifice of money, deeds of love are performed with ones money and with ones person; צ׳ לענייםג״חוכ׳ almsgiving is only for the poor, deeds of love for the poor and the rich. B. Bath.10b (ref. to Prov. 14:34) כשם … צ׳ מכפרתוכ׳ as the sin-offering! brings atonement for Israel, so charity is a means of atonement for the nations. Gen. R. s. 49 (ref. to Gen. 18:19) מתחלה צ׳ ולבסוף משפט (not צדק) first charity (undiscriminating hospitality), and then justice; a. fr.Pl. צְדָקוֹת. B. Bath.10a (ref. to Prov. 11:4, a. 10:2) שתי צ׳ הללו למה why two verses saying the same thing about charity? Treat. Der. Er. ch. II מחלקי צ׳, v. supra. Ruth R. to III, 3 וסכת זו מצוות וצ׳ ‘anoint thyself (ib.), that means with good deeds and charitable acts; a. e.