Most of us will help another person when needed. It’s called chessed. Something we were taught when we were tiny tots. But chessed comes in two very distinct packages. One is doing as much as was requested. “Ok, I’m done? Great! Now I can get back to my regular life.” And then there’s the other …
The strains of ketzad m’rakdim (a wedding song) still reverberated in the air as they began to the drive home after a family wedding. Feet were still tapping to the joyous rhythms as the family regaled each other with the highlights of the evening. And then came the crash. Unexpected. Without warning. And suddenly their …
Some say that the new generation is steeped in materialism and can’t see past their ipod screens. Is it true? A recent event in Israel honoring junior volunteers yielded some surprises. Last summer, M, a sixth grader, noticed something strange going on in her neighbor’s home.
It happens with the best intentions. A regular, normative family finds itself turning into the object of a “chessed project,” and they hardly know how it happened! The family’s dignity is compromised and their privacy intruded upon* The way to misguided chessed is paved with good intentions… A class had a project to “collect acts …
From “Hashavua B’Rechovot” by: Chaim Reich Driving to Bnei Brak, Jerusalem, or just to the center of town and want to do a chessed without any particular effort? A new chessed resource called “Galgalei Ezer” – Chessed on Wheels using What’s Up smart phone app was recently launched and is booming
