Yossele the Holy Miser
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Yossele the Holy Miser was a Jew who lived in the Kazimierz Jewish quarter of Kraków in the 17th century. His apparent stinginess but hidden generosity is at the center of a well-known tale of Jewish
The tombstone of Yossele the Holy Miser, found in the back of the Remuh Cemetery next to the grave of Rabbi Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller. The dozens of stones found on his tombstone are a mark of remembrance and respect in the Jewish tradition.
Grave of Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller in Remah Cemetery, Krakow
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