In Jerusalem, if your daughter suddenly becomes engaged and you don’t have a bottle of whisky to make the customary l'chaim with family and friends, don’t worry, look in the phone book and call the gemach! (A gemach is a free loan organization.) You’ll be able to borrow a bottle of Johnny Walker black label (could even be gold but I don’t think they stretch to green or blue). Later on, just replace what you took. No charge. There are gemachs for everything under the sun. Let’s say it’s Shabbat, the drugstores are closed and you need a certain unusual antibiotic. No problem. There are people with gemachs of medicines in their homes that rival a commercial drugstore. There are gemachs for clothes, chairs, cameras, tapes, tables, telephones, money, free advice hotlines, mezuzahs, tefillin, bridal outfits, wigs, cooking gas cylinders, baby strollers, cribs, lactation pumps, drills, saws and other tools, embroidered cushions to bring a Jewish baby to the arms of the Sandek for his brit milah. In fact, I have a friend who has a talent for dreaming up new gemachs for people. And Jerusalem isn’t alone in its kindness. Many, many cities share this distinction. We are a kind people. It’s in our genes. Gemach is an acronym for Gemilut Chassadim, the bestowing of lovingkindness. In Judaism you are what you do. Kindness is not a spectator sport. Being kind means doing kindness.