Noun
tzedaka (usually uncountable, plural tzedakas)
Alternative spelling of tzedakah
It is an affirmative command to give tzedaka to the poor of Israel. ... Anyone who sees a poor man begging alms and turns away his glance from him and does not give him tzedaka transgresses a negative command, as it is said, "You shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand to your needy brother" Shlomo Ganzfried