Scherenschnitte

In 19th century England there lived a famous Jewish philanthropist, Sir Moses Montefiore. Queen Victoria once asked him , "What is the extent of your wealth? How much do you own?" Sir Moses told her it would take a few days to do some accounting, and afterwards, he would reply. When Sir Moses told her his wealth, she became upset saying,"This is offensive: Everyone knows that you have far greater wealth." Sir Moses explained that he considered as his true wealth whatever money he gave to Tzedakah. Anything else that he possessed was only temporary and could be confiscated or lost.

In this week's parsha the pasuk says, "Vechol Terumah LiChol Kodshei Bnei Yisroel Asher Yakrivu LaKohen Loi Yihyeh; and every portion from any of the holies that the Bnei Yisroel will bring to the Kohen shall be his." The words, "Lo Yihyeh" - will be his," in the Pasuk seem superfluous. With the phrase,"Lo Yihyeh" - will be his"- the Torah is emphasizing that people should always consider their monetary wealth as temporary, and whatever one gives to charity, "will be his"- his real wealth that will remain with him forever.
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פרשת נשא • הגאון רבי דוד לאו עם וורט לפרשת השבוע

The Blaze reports on the National Spelling Bee ending in a tie. Gokul Venkatachalam and Vanya Shivashankar were declared winners. The final word for Vanya was “scherenschnitte” while Gokul spelled “nunatak” correctly.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/05/28/national-spelling-bee-ends-in-tie-for-second-year-in-a-row/ 

Congratulations to the winners!!! I know of two women who asked their future husbands to change their long surnames before they got married to them. Perhaps, if they had stuck with their 14 letter family names, their children would have been winning spelling bees!