In Judaism, giving Tzedakah, or charity, to the needy is one of the most important values by which we live.  It is a mitzvah, and standard practice for many Jews, to give 10% of your net income to charity.  Maimonides said that there are eight levels of giving charity.  At the highest level, Level One, one gives so the other is no longer dependent on charity (he may help him find a job, for example.)  Level Two involves giving anonymously, where the recipient does not know the giver and vice versa.  Today I did just that.  A friend posted on Facebook that her friend was struggling financially and even had to sell her Shabbat candlesticks to pay bills.  What??  After seeing a few posts about this family in dire straights, I sent them money through Pay Pal.  I don’t know them, they don’t know me, and they live in Israel!  But I could easily take the burden of one bill off of them, so that’s what I did.  I know it was just a drop in the bucket, but I hope it helped financially and also emotionally, to know that there is another Jew out there who cares what happens to a family in need.