Doctor’s Orders

The Torah describes Bnei Yisrael’s physical comfort in the desert as a situation where they weren’t lacking anything. They had the mahn, the Well, and as it says (Devarim 8:4): “Your clothing did not wear out upon you, nor did your foot swell these 40 years.”

So how did they fulfil the mitzvah of tzedakah with one another? (Rav Shimshon Pincus, Tiferes Shimshon)

I pulled up in front of the glass-plated office building in Jerusalem, pleased it boasted a parking lot. Obviously, the building hosted many hot-shots.

I was on an errand for a relative, to sign some paperwork from a top specialist. Entering the building, my estimation of this doctor’s success shot up as the lobby was posh and polished, with a proper receptionist, and a double set of large glass elevators.