Tzedakah: The happiness of giving instead of spending on ourselves - opinion
Spending money on others has a stronger, more lasting impact on happiness than spending it on ourselves.
VOLUNTEERS PRESENT food packages to elderly people in Tel Aviv last year. The pleasure of giving often feels different from the fleeting rush of acquiring something for ourselves, the writer notes.(photo credit: Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)ByRENEE GARFINKEL