I'll help you again if neededI'm in. As if I needed any more anxiety in my life.
New formula in place approved by the staff at the North Pole to ensure lots of guessing who is your Secret Santa!
Something to think about maybe?I just blurt it out anyway, name on the box and AKA 4-2-7
A note inside, saying Merry Christmas Dan
I don't see how charity and helping people that may be down on their luck, is the same as giving and exchanging gifts. Nobody is in need or looking for charity with giving and receiving Christmas gifts in this thread.Something to think about maybe?
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/256321/jewish/Eight-Degrees-of-Giving.htm
"Level Three: The giver knows the recipient, but the recipient does not know the giver.
In this level of tzedakah — which is the converse of Level Four — the donor's ego has some room to express itself. Since the giver knows who is receiving his bounty, there is room for some sense of one-upmanship or dominance over the receiver. However, the beneficiary is unaware of who the donor is, and so his dignity is preserved.
(The fact that Level Three is higher than Level Four is proof of the Chassidic adage that we should take into account the other's benefit before considering the possible disadvantages to ourselves — in spiritual matters as well as material. While it is certainly important to avoid ego and arrogance wherever possible, it is more important to salvage the dignity of someone else.)
LOL,Interesting posts 4-2-7 and dfunghi, but can we just keep this thread about folks signing up for SS as opposed to the philosophy of giving and receiving please?
Regards,
Jim
Of course and my apologies Jim.Interesting posts 4-2-7 and dfunghi, but can we just keep this thread about folks signing up for SS as opposed to the philosophy of giving and receiving please?
Regards,
Jim