Tzedakah
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Tzedakah is a Hebrew word meaning "righteousness", but commonly used to signify charity. This concept of "charity" differs from the modern Western understanding of "charity". The latter is typically u
Tzedakah box (Pushke), Charleston, 1820, silver, National Museum of American Jewish History
Tzedakah motif on a Jewish gravestone. Jewish cemetery in Otwock (Karczew-Anielin).
Puskhes in Bnei Brak, Israel
Tzedakah pouch and coins on fur-like padding
Maimonides
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Moses ben Maimon, commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam, was a Sephardic Jewish rabbi who is widely acknowledged as one of the most prolific and influential To
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…Christendom, but a way to empower poor people to support themselves, helping them in developing their talents and skills. The Medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides as well as the 16th century Jewish legal scholar Joseph Caro dedicated sections of their books on Jewish law (respectively, The Code of Maimonides and…
Posthumous engraving in Thesaurus Antiquitatum Sacrarum, from which all modern portraits of Maimonides are derived, c. 1744
Maimonides' house in Fez, Morocco, according to local tradition. It is now occupied by the Dar al-Magana.
Monument in Córdoba
Bas relief of Maimonides in the United States House of Representatives