Make sure that act of kindness isn't at the expense of someone else.

Published: Saturday, January 10, 2009

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Visitor Comments: 16

  • (16) Anonymous , January 16, 2009

    The circle of life, put another way...

    Life ideally is about balance. Life is not the stock market, that is, life is not a zero sum game. The ideal is that when one person wins, everyone wins. But often when one person wins, another loses - like the stock market.

  • (15) devori , January 15, 2009

    how about a husband who is a therapist who agrees to see one patient after another "in crisis" but is rarely home for dinner

  • (14) nechami , January 14, 2009

    for jennifer regards giving tzedakah

    a friend of mine has an easy way to deal with this. at the begining of the month she and her husband make envelopes with the amount they are able to give inside, they seal the envelopes and when the pple come around to collect money she just hands them an envelope and wishes them well and closes the door. by the time they open the envelope outside the door and realize they want more the door is closed and she has done a mitzva with a smile.

  • (13) Shoshana , January 14, 2009

    Kindness instead of being home to light Chanuka candles for the family

    There were two instances when people I knew were doing kindness instead of being home with their family lighting Chanuka candles. Both people are exemplary in learning or doing chesed, but both were out Chanuka night. One was collecting tzedaka, the other was driving a friend to the airport to return to Eretz Yisroel. Since these two people were so "chosuv" I couldn't say anything....

  • (12) Ari , January 14, 2009

    like Moses and Aaron

    This matches what is written this week parasha about Moses and Aaron, where Moses refuses to receive and evades executing of the G'od's order to save Jewish People not to hurt his brother Aaron feelings who was then the leader of the people of Israel in Egypt

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