צְדָקָה, preced. wds.) purity, righteousness, equity, liberality, esp. almsgiving. Deut. R. s. 5 (ref. to Prov. XXI, 3) הקרבנות … והצ׳ והדין מכפרין וכ׳ sacrifices effect atonement only for the involuntary sinner, but righteousness (or charity) and justice atone for &c. Pes. 87ᵇ, v. פָּזַר. Tosef. Dem. III, 17, v. גַּבָּיי. Sabb. 118ᵇ גבאי צ׳ collectors of public charity; מחלקי צ׳ distributors of charity, v. חֵלֶק. Succ. 49ᵇ גדולה ג"ח יותר מן הצ׳ deeds of love are worth more than almsgiving; ib. צ׳ בממונו ג"ח וכ׳ charity is done at the mere sacrifice of money, deeds of love are performed with one’s money and with one’s person; צ׳ לעניים ג"ח וכ׳ almsgiving is only for the poor, deeds of love for the poor and the rich. B. Bath. 10ᵇ (ref. to Prov. XIV, 34) כשם … צ׳ מכפרת וכ׳ as the sin-offering brings atonement for Israel, so charity is a means of atonement for the nations. Gen. R. s. 49 (ref. to Gen. XVIII, 19) מתחלה צ׳ ולבסוף משפט (not צדק) first charity (undiscriminating hospitality), and then justice; a. fr.—Pl. צְרָקוֹת. B. Bath. 10ᵃ (ref. to Prov. XI, 4, a. X, 2) שתי צ׳ הללו למה why two verses saying the same thing about charity? Treat. Der. Er. ch. II מחלקי צ׳, v. supra. Ruth R. to III, 3 וסכת זו מצוות וצ׳ ‘anoint thyself’ (ib.), that means with good deeds and charitable acts; a. e.