Every week, Gevura and Binyomin Davis bake and distribute 25-40 hand-made challahs to those they “love, miss, care about, and even sometimes strangers who need a boost.” When people here of this kindness, they often remark how much work it must be and how much they are giving to others. But that is not the way they see it. They have a very different, and powerfully important understanding of what giving truly is. In Hebrew, the word “give” is “natan” which is a palindrome, to teach us that giving is receiving, and receiving is giving. This is a concept the Davis’ embody in all they do and who they are. In the words of Gevura:
I wish everyone could understand the deep wisdom that is a guiding principal of my life and work: when you give to others, you get in return. We don’t give for the fringe benefit of our own needs. However, sadly many people think when you donate money or time you lose something; you give it “away” to something or someone else.
