“Speak to the children of Israel and let them take a contribution, for me. From every person whose heart prompts him to contribute, take my contribution.”
The word “contribution” here (trumah) has two meanings that arise from each other:
- When we give of ourselves for a cause or for someone without asking for anything in return; and
- When we contribute it immediately lifts our spirits.
Contributing brings us to a state of being uplifted. It’s the same root in both words.
In the Book of Exodus, the Israelites were commanded to build the Tabernacle. And everyone was asked to contribute to this work what they were able to contribute, from material things to talents, to manual labor. Everyone was engaged in the cause.
In quite a few studies done on the topic of contributing, it was discovered that when people create something and devote time to it, they end up valuing it many times more than someone from the outside would value the same thing....
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Beautiful!