Tzedakah tsedaˈka or Ṣ`daqah sˤəðaːˈqaː in Classical Hebrew (צדקה; صدقة), is a Hebrew word literally meaning justice or righteousness but commonly used to signify charity, though it is a different concept than charity because tzedakah is an obligation and charity is typically understood as a spontaneous act of goodwill and a mark.... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzedakah
Often translated as charity, which comes from a Latin root meaning love. The Hebrew root of the word carries a sense of justice. The difference is that we don't necessarily give Tzedakah only out of a sense of love Found on http://www.ahavasisraelgr.org/glossary-vocabulary-of-jewish-life