[Avodah] IT IS WHEN YOU GIVE OF YOURSELF THAT YOU TRULY GIVE

[cantorwolberg at cox.net]

I saw the following beautiful vort with no attribution:

"How many Children of Israel were there in the desert? Moshe did not quite 
know. They needed to be numbered. Therefore, when each one gave the 
same silver half shekel, these gifts were counted and thus the number was
known. The Torah means to say that we are counted by what we give, NOT
by what we take."  

This reminds me of what one rabbi wrote regarding what happens when we
die. He wrote that The Almighty is not going to ask to see your material worth;
but He IS going to ask for your receipts.
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