There is a fundraising event that many women in our city of Minneapolis look forward to — the Bais Yaakov Annual Package Party. Each person brings a wrapped gift which is auctioned off and the funds are used to support Bais Yaakov. People invest time and money in purchasing attractive wrapping paper and elegant ribbon knowing that the wrapping will make the package more desirable.
Imagine the following unlikely scenario: A woman is impressed by a particular gift’s dazzling wrapping paper and stunning ribbon. She proceeds to bid and wins paying a lot of money for the gift. She brings the gift home and lovingly places it on her window sill. She is so enamored by the wrapping that she never unwraps the gift.
How foolish to think that all there is to the gift is the wrapping. Certainly the purpose of the wrapping is to enhance what is inside not to replace it.
The Package Party can be a metaphor for life. As we know everything in the ruchniyus world has a parallel in the physical world. Perhaps presents are a metaphor for the many gifts that Hashem showers upon us and unwrapping the presents is a metaphor for discovering the inner essence of each gift.
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