Thursday, February 22, 2007
Spreading Purim Cheer
We have produced an informative Purim card meant to be inserted in shalach manos. But it doesn’t just say “Happy Purim.” It tells the Purim story, explains the mitzvot of Purim and much more. Its purpose is for Jews who are currently Torah-observant to use in shalach manos meant for their non-observant (or “not-yet-observant") friends, neighbors and colleagues.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
The Reason
All of the sudden everything became clear; Hashem didn’t want this tzadik that traveled at the crack of dawn to be cold and schlep on his way to learn Torah. That is why I was delayed in the snow.
Read the whole storyWednesday, February 07, 2007
Challenging Young Minds
At Regional 300 Jewish teens were ushered into a fictional “Judaic Park” museum that commemorates the successful destruction of the Jewish people through assimilation through the “fourth” Reich. For an hour and a half, the NCSYers sat mesmerized, shocked, and inspired in a redesigned ballroom at the Costa Mesa Hilton that housed the Judaic Park auditorium.
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Keeping our Captive Brothers in the Hearts and Minds of Klal Yisrael
Mrs. Golwasser expressed a major concern that, after the initial shock of the capture of her husband and the other soldiers wore off, people would forget about them. They would become complacent. Once people forget, there would be no impetus for action that might, please G-d, free our brothers. What can we do, she asked, to keep the soldiers in the hearts and minds of klal Yisrael?
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