Today’s Mitzvah: Today a very thoughtful lady in my History of Photography class brought in cookies for everyone. This is not a class where students spend a lot of time interacting, so it seemed doubly thoughtful that she would choose to wish her fellow classmates a happy holiday in that way.
So thank you Cookie Lady [...]
Now it’s gone. Not to mention much, much later than when I started the original, so I’ll just forgo the rewrite and skip straight to the mitzvah part.
Today’s Mitzvah: It always amazes me that people will take time out of their already packed weeks to teach religious school. Those who are willing to give up [...]
Had a very interesting discussion tonight on mitzvot at shul. We talked primaily of tzedakah, often translated charity, and gemilut chasadim, or acts of loving kindness. Part of the dicussion concerened the levels of tzedakah, with the second highest being where both the giver and the reciever are unknown to each other.
In that vien I [...]