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utwards”</p></blockquote><blockquote id="9e3e"><p>To Jews today, the term <i>tzedakah </i>connotes giving charitable contributions, but the term originates in another realm. In the <a href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/texts/Bible.shtml">Bible</a>, <i>tzedakah</i> means “righteous behavior” and is often paired with “<a href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/texts/Bible/Weekly_Torah_Portion/shoftim_artson5759.shtml">justice</a>.” In Jewish thought and tradition, material support for those in need is not a matter of “charity”–a term that implies generosity beyond what may be expected–but a requirement. As in most areas of life, here too Jewish tradition makes practical demands and specifies expectations.</p></blockquote><blockquote id="388c"><p>The <a href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/practices/Ethics/Tzedakah_Charity/Themes/Why_Tzedakah.shtml?PRET">rabbis</a> of classical Judaism praised tzedakah, calling it, for example, “equal in value to all the other <a href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/im_looking_for/?k=134"><i>mitzvot</i></a> [commandments] combined.” They also praised those who practice it, saying that they attain the level of holiness of someone who brought sacrifices in the ancient <a href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Tisha_BAv/Ideas_and_Beliefs/The_Temple.shtml">Temple</a>. The <a href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Rosh_Hashanah.shtml">Rosh Hashanah</a> <a href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Rosh_Hashanah/In_the_Community/Services.shtml?HYJH">liturgy</a> lists tzedakah alongside repentance and prayer as a human act capable of averting a negative divine decree.</p></blockquote><p id="f6a6"><a href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/tzedakah-101/">Source</a></p><p id="f465">Here are a handful of earlier responses to the <a href="https://readmedium.com/30-day-poetry-challenge-74ea5622134c"><b>30-day challenge</b></a>:</p><div id="d94b" class="link-block">
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<h2>A Defiant Lovestory</h2>
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<h2>Tanka of Spiritual Awakening</h2>
<div><h3>A yearlong and continuing journey in 31 syllables</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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<h2>Family Misvalues</h2>
<div><h3>Tanka of power should not even enter the discussion in any relationship especially within families</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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<h2>Dear Connie Lingus</h2>
<div><h3>Tanka of a path to pleasure</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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</div><p id="03d6">In Rama I create,</p><p id="d719"><a href="https://marcus17043.medium.com"><b>Marcus</b></a></p></article></body>
