Tzedakah Charity Quotes

#1. Each Jew must either give or take tzedakah [charity] for Passover.

Sholom Aleichem

#2. I guess Smart Seth is glad, he said reluctantly. But be careful. Idiot Seth is the guy to watch out for.

Brandon Mull

#3. Painting, like music, has nothing to do with the reproduction of nature, nor interpretation of intellectual meanings. Whoever is able to feel the beauty of colors and forms has understood nonobjective painting.

Hilla Von Rebay

#4. I'll give my jewels for a set of beads,
My gorgeous palace for a hermitage,
My gay apparel for an almsman's gown,
My figured goblets for a dish of wood,
My scepter for a palmer's walking staff
My subjects for a pair of carved saints
and my large kingdom for a little grave.

William Shakespeare

#5. Many a girl who can't dance well makes up for it during intermission.

Evan Esar

#6. No, I'm truthful. It's my weapon.

Anthony Ryan

#7. I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else.

Susana Martinez

#8. Suddenly, she employed those very English weapons: devious good manners and a rapid change of subject.

Patricia Duncker

#9. Hebrew word for "charity" tzedakah, simply means "justice" and as this suggests, for Jews, giving to the poor is no optional extra but an essential part of living a just life.

Peter Singer

#10. As Jews, we are commanded to give tzedakah - an act of justice, not charity - because it is the righteous thing to do.

Lynn Schusterman

#11. In the Talmud (a record of discussions of Jewish law and ethics by ancient rabbis) it is said that charity is equal in importance to all the other commandments combined, and that Jews should give at least 10 percent of their income as tzedakah.

Peter Singer

#12. Sometimes questions are more important than answers.

Nancy Willard

#13. We can see the beauty of life, with positive focus.

Lailah Gifty Akita