By Rabbi Dario Feiguin
B´nei Israel Congregation, Costa Rica
“To Give Is to Give”
Parashat Trumah brings us face to face with the nature of giving. Trumah means “contribution”, and it refers to the half a shekel that each one was supposed to contribute to the community.
To be more evenly balanced, the Nedavah was added to these contributions. This was a voluntary contribution, where each one gave according to his own situation.