"WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES THAT MAKE?"

Kiryat Shmona's Finest Hour - Dan Izenberg
Three weeks after the beginning of the fighting in the north, Kiryat Shmona is surviving thanks to the generosity of organizations throughout Israel, the willingness of local residents and others from near and far to volunteer their services at the risk of their lives, and the army, which is providing much needed assistance.

On Thursday, there were only about 5,000 inhabitants left in Kiryat Shmona, a city of 25,000. Motti Avraham, owner of the Mor Minimarket, said, "One day two elderly men walked into my store. I could tell they were from Jerusalem by their accents. One of them asked me if I sold on credit. I said I did. Then he asked me whether some of my clients were poor. I said they were....He then began to give me NIS 300 for each of the people...and told me to deduct the money from their debt. I asked them who they were. They replied, 'What difference does that make?' Then I asked them to at least give me their phone numbers so that their beneficiaries could thank them. They replied that the greatest mitzvah is when the donor does not know whom he has given to." (Jerusalem Post)