Comments on: Why Do You Give to Charity? http://thephilanthropicfamily.com/2009/10/27/why-do-you-give-to-charity/ infusing everyday life with the love of humanity Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:18:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: hjælpeorganisationer http://thephilanthropicfamily.com/2009/10/27/why-do-you-give-to-charity/#comment-4137 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:33:01 +0000 http://thephilanthropicfamily.com/?p=826#comment-4137 hjælpeorganisationer…

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]]> By: Gayle Gifford http://thephilanthropicfamily.com/2009/10/27/why-do-you-give-to-charity/#comment-1116 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:56:54 +0000 http://thephilanthropicfamily.com/?p=826#comment-1116 While I’ve been giving of my time and my money for more years that I can remember, I didn’t have a word to describe it until my dear departed friend Herb Kaplan taught me the Hebrew word “tzedakah,” which describes the acts we call charity. The root of tzedakah means righteousness, justice or fairness. Herb and I shared that belief in the power and obligation of philanthropy.

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