One Story. One Question! What is in Your hand?

The Temple's Treasury pairs short stories with lessons about the gifts and resources entrusted to us.

New Treasury story

The Brooklyn Secretary Who Hid a $9 Million Fortune, Then Gave It Away

For sixty-seven years, Sylvia Bloom was just a secretary. Nobody knew she was a millionaire. This is what she did with what was placed in her hands, and the question it leaves for the rest of us.

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Doris Christopher and the question of ownership

A brief story about a teacher, a business idea, and what was already in her hand.

Watch the Doris Short →
An open hand holding a brass key beside a notebook and a growing olive plant.Lesson

What Do I Actually Own?

Use the lesson to uncover ownership, access, responsibility, and stewardship.

We all have a gift or talent that when put in the right perspective or use can bless others and provide for ourselves and family.

The book of Proverbs says a mans gift will make room for him and bring him before great men. We have seen that same truth in the lives of Jacob and Esau, Joseph and Pharaoh and many others. We also see the same thing here with Doris and Warren Buffet.

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Use the story as a doorway, not a conclusion.

If the question stirred something, continue with the tools and lessons.