Tzedakah

Yeshaya of Kerestir and the good works done in his name.

Chaya Sara Oppenheim
April 28 2023 12:01AM

The Bible bequeathed to the world the obligation of poverty relief.

Benjamin Porat
Nov. 7 2019 12:01AM

Charity is not the same as redistribution.

Hillel Gershuni
Aug. 5 2015 12:01AM

The Torah repeatedly mandates care for orphans (along with widows and the poor), most notably by creating a special tithe to be given them and. . .

Feb. 11 2015 12:01AM

Since 2001, the number of Jewish households in New York living below the poverty line has risen from one in six to one in five.. . .

John Ruskay
June 11 2013 12:00AM