The media has dubbed this time of year the 'giving season.' Any tzedakah-savvy person knows that all year is the time for giving. But we sometimes benefit from the media focus on giving.
Two cases in point: just this week the NY Times has run two articles on the general theme of giving. The first one covers research done on small children, showing that the urge to help is innate: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/science/01human.html?_r=1&ref=health. The second article explores the benefit to the giver, not so much the receiver: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/health/01well.html?ref=health.
So, what do you think: is helping an innately human trait? Or something that we teach? Does giving to or assisting someone else relieve the physical or emotional symptoms of one who is ill?
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