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March 02, 2010 |
 Israel has over 26,000 non-profits devoted to helping the underprivileged. What these organizations need now is state support.
The Purim mitzvah of sending mishlo'ah manot (Hebrew for 'gifts of food') may be a Jewish child's first experience of giving, an act that may (but may not) open the giver's young heart to the plight of the less fortunate. A bar/bat mitzvah hessed (charity) project is another way to open young eyes to needy causes. Children's awareness of the duty to give and help other people clearly depends on the approach of their parents and teachers.
When the Israeli child reaches high school, a stint of volunteering becomes part of the curriculum and thus becomes a compulsory chore which often has little added value for either the giver or the receiver. However, when 12th graders face the end of their school career, some consider the option of undertaking a year of community wo...
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