Choosing the Perfect Gift: A Spiritual and Biblical Approach

Choosing the Perfect Gift: Parshat Teruma: Bible art from the Book of Exodus. Artwork showing the Hebrews giving gifts for the "Mishkan" (Tabernacle). Moses is shown atop Mount Sinai in the distance, surrounded by a scroll detailing the construction of the Tabernacle.

Choosing the perfect gift is difficult. The great sages have always known this. The Buddha alluded to it in the First Noble Truth where he poignantly states: “there is suffering (dukkha) in life.”  Some commentators, like Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, France, 1040 – 1105), are so traumatized by the subject that they avoid it altogether. Others […]