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Week 3: Tzedakah & Maaser — Giving
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Week 3: Tzedakah & Maaser — Obligation, Hierarchy, and Rambam's Ladder
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Week 3: The Corners of the Field — The Jewish Way of Sharing
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This week: Tzedakah — it's not charity, it's justice
Money & Mitzvot — Week 3 Tzedakah — it's not charity, it's justice This week's theme: Tzedakah & Maaser — the obligation to give The word tzedakah (tzeh-dah-KAH) comes from the root tzedek — justice. That's not an accident. Jewish law frames giving not as a