Click here to read a story about Carolee Hazard, who was standing in line behind Jenni Ware at a store, waiting to pay for her purchases. Ms. Ware had lost her wallet, and couldn't pay the 203$ owed to the store. Ms. Hazard paid her bill and the gave her address to the grateful lady. When she arrived at home, she wrote on Facebook about how she was torn between whether she had done something good or something stupid.
A while later, she received a check for 300$. Ms. Hazard asked her Facebook friends what to do with the extra money. Many advised her to donate it to charity. She donated the money to a food bank project and many people who heard the story are taking up the cause and contributing, as well. Amazing how a simple act of kindness has mushroomed into a worldwide charitable project.
In the video below, the rabbi talks about Yaakov's pledge of giving 10 percent of his possessions to G-d and how important it is to fulfill a pledge. I heard a story a number of months ago about a father-in-law who had passed away and had appeared to his son-in-law in a dream. He told him that he had neglected to pay a shul pledge of 300$. The son-in-law went to the gabbai of the shul that week and paid his father-in-law's pledge. Again the man appeared to the son-in-law in a dream, telling him, "you have made me very happy."
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