Please Daven (pray) for these precious people who are sick!

אנא עורו נא התפללו נא:

על חולי עמינו המצפים לרפואה וישועה בתוך שאר חולי ישראל, ובפרט על החולים:

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אברהם בן מינדל

אברהם בן נעמי חנה

אברהם תומר בן מרים (בן חיים צור - סובל מסיסטיק פיבראסיס)

אהרן בן רחל

אהרן בן שרה (יששכרוף)

אלטער יוסף בן יוטא

אליהו יהודה בן נחמה

אליעזר יעקב מאיר בן יענטל

אלכסנדר זיסקינד בן גאלדא יוטא

אסתר יוטא בת פעריל

אשר מרדכי בן אסתר

בן ציון צבי בן קילא דבורה

בנימין בן רות

ברכה בת חיה שרה

בתיה יהודית בת חנה

גאלדא יוטא בת פייגא

גיטל רות בת שרה הענדיל רייצא

דוד יודא בן חיה

זהבה בת שרה

חוה לאה בת אסתר

חיים יוסף בן שפרה גיטל

חיים יושע עוזר בן רבקה גליקל

חיים יעקב בן זיסל

חנה בת אסתר עטיל

יגאל ישראל בן בלומא גיטל (צליק)

יהודה זאב בן אירית

יהונתן בן מרים

יוטא אסתר בת פערל

יוכבד יוטל בת חנה

יוסף אברהם בן רות שרה

יוסף בן מירל

יחזקיהו נחמן בן טאבה

יצחק בן אסתר (ווייסברון)

ישעי'ה בן בתיה

ישראל ברוך בן מרים

ישראל יצחק בן חנה (הרב מהאראדענקע)

יששכר דוב בן מרים

מאיר בן חיה

מאשא רחל בת ליבא

מיטל בל זהבה

מיכאל יעקב בן נופר מרים

מיכל קילא בת ליאורה

מלכה בת זלטא

מלכה ליבא בת טאבה

מרים ברכה בת לאה הינדא טשארנא

מרים חוה בת בילא מלכה

משה בן רבקה שרה

משה זאב בן לאה

ניר בן מרים

נתנאל בן שרה

עקיבא אשר בן ריבה

עקיבא בן מרים

עקיבא בן פערל מרים

פנחס בן מרים (בן חיים צור - סובל מסיסטיק פיבראסיס)

פנחס יוחנן בן בלומה

פערל בת לאה

רות שרה בת חנה

רפאל ישראל בן אסתר פערל

שאול בן טאבה

שלמה בן אסתר

שלמה חיים בן אסתר

שמואל בן רחל געלא

שמואל יוסף בן פייגא חי'ה

שמואל שמעלקא בן יהודית

שמעון בן רייזל

Yocheved bat Sara
Yaakov ben Fortuna
Asher ben Sarah Leah
Mina bat Rivka
Eliezer ben Gitel
Chanoch ben Blimele
Azariah Yonatan Shimon Shmuel ben Leonie
Yonatan Yaakov ben Sara Beila
Yitzchak ben Miriam
Miriam Gittel Rashka bat Chaya Sarah
Zviah Blumah bat Rachel
Esther bat Louisette
Pinchas Reuven ben Michlah Maryasha
Sara bat Chaya Rachel
Rivka bat Metukah
Dovid Hillel ben Aydel
Michael Moshe David ben Miriam
Moshe ben Esther 
Yaakov ben Esther 
Binyomin Noach ben Edna 
Eliezer haCohen ben Gittel 
Daniella Tzila bat Esther 
Yisrael Moshe ben Tsiporah Channah

לזיווג:

אהרן בן פייגא לאה

אסתר בת מאשא

יוחנן בן פערל

יעקב בן פערל

ישעיה בן מלכה

מרדכי אליקים בן פערל

משה בן רינה

צבי בן פערל

רוחמה ילתא בת לאה

להצלחה ולנחת דקדושה מכל יוצאי חלציהם: 

פייגא בת טאבה

פייגא בת חנה פראדל

ישראל שלום בן מאשא

אלכסנדר יום טוב ליפא בן מלכה חיה 

זאב וואלף בן אסתר רחל רבקה

יעקב שמעון בן אסתר

טאלצא קרוינא בת פייגא

יוחנן משה חיים בן אסתר

יצחק יודא בן פייגא

ירמיהו צבי בן אסתר

ישעיה בן טאלצא קרוינא

יוחנן בן טאלצא קרוינא

מנשה בן אסתר

אהרן בן אסתר

נפתלי הערץ בן יפה מרים פרומעט

אילנה בת שמחה

שרה בת אילנה

נא ללמוד משניות ולפעול חסד לעילוי נשמת

חיים חנניה יום טוב אלעזר ליפא בן שאול אלישע

אברהם גוטקינד בן יוחנן

הדסה בת קלונימוס קלמן

יחיאל שמעיה בן רויזא (ווייזער)

שמואל בן משה

לתשובה שלמה

מנשה בן אסתר

חיים יעקב בן שרה לאה

בנימין בן צילה

דוד בן רויזא שרה חיה

מלכה בת פרומעט מרים

דניאל אדם בן גילה

יצחק אליהו בן חוה איטא טויבא

רחל בת מרים

תזכו למצוות

What Can We Do in a Time of War?

Dear Friends,

It says in Lamentations(*): "נהפך לאבל מחולינו"

On the day in our calendar when we are "שמח"

We rejoice with the Torah, it reverted to: "חמס". 

To counter the negative influences of this current war on the Jewish People, we ought to refrain from giving in to the forces of evil.  

Do not follow the news, as you may be negatively affected by the news reports on this conflict:

Remember: נחש = ראשי תיבות: נייעס, חדשות, שמועות

Do listen to Rabbi Shea Fink at דרשה לאור המצב מאת הגר''י פינק (in Yiddish - sorry!).

As the Rebbe of Belz said: 

By becoming hooked up to the news, one causes an increase in the suffering of Jewish People as a whole - as well as to himself.  This is because our pampered generation is in no way equipped to handle with the abhorrent, horrendous and vile updates making their rounds on social media!

We should instead concentrate on the three approaches that our forefather Jacob taught us:

Doron = Give Tzedokoh!

From teenagers, to youth at risk, back to teenagers

Many of the 16-18-year-olds who have been living in cramped hotel rooms with their families after fleeing their homes after October 7^th have been suffering real personal losses and trauma. Overnight, they were transformed from teenagers to youth at risk. They don’t have school, and numb their pain by turning to drugs and alcohol. Enter Lawrence Kasmir, who is generating healthy adrenaline by organising a programme of rock climbing, desert trekking and stargazing. Parents have remarked on a large positive change in their children’s physical and mental state. Anyone wanting to help expand Lawrence’s programme can donate through https://www.charidy.com/hlh/14535 .

Giving charity not only helps those caught up in this conflict - it causes an enormous wave of empathy and compassion up Above.  This is all we need: the Heavens should shower Am Yisroel with blessings of protection, prosperity and happiness - ingredients that have been ruthlessly denied from so many!

Donate | Help a fallen IDF heros family 💔 Yossi Hershkovitz BDE (thechesedfund.com)

The highest form of Tzedokoh

As per the Rambam (=Maimonides) in the Laws of Charity part of his magnum opus - the highest from of charity is to place and keep people in employment.  

In the past weeks, so many people lost their place of work, either due to closure or because workers are afraid to leave their loved ones alone during the constant sirens.

It so happens that many businesses have employed English-speaking Arab workers to man their helpdesks.  These teleworkers service customer service contracts, which have now been terminated on the back of the current conflict.

Why not fill the empty seats with those who lost their livelihood?

More ways to give charity:

There are so many charity organisations, who advocate for important causes and beg us to help them alleviate the suffering of communities and individuals who have been caught up in this melee.

See: Lives Changed Forever 

See: Support for Israeli’s impacted by the war

See: Use Amazon.co.uk to fulfil a Wish!

See: The Tzedek organisation is bending over backwards to help those who are stuck without sleeping accommodations: TxT 00447520667881 if you can help.

See: bit.ly/48Rp6sK for the special offer by RCUK for £10.00 worth of free credit.

See: https://colelchabad.org/donation/?ref=EMT3&listId=014

See: Donate to Zaka Tel-Aviv Fund (zakatelaviv.org)

See: https://giveback.co.il/project/74986

See: ISRAELI SOLDIERS NEED VESTS: Save A Soldier’s Life! - Chesed Today

See: The Sderot Fund: קרן שדרות - The Ofakim Fund - 

See: Donate to Feed Israel, Urgent Request - The Situation in Eretz Yisroel is affecting 10,000's!, Standing Together in Times of Crisis

Reduce Trauma via your Teruma: Emergency Appeal | British Emunah Fund

BABIES, CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY: ZAKA are Working Hard, With Bombs Overhead, to Save The Bodies of the Fallen. Donate here to Protect these Warriors!  https://chesedtoday.com/campaigns/zakaprotect

Support Ohri's family: Israel National Emergency-Fund - One Million for Ohr

See: 1500 Families Are Sitting Shiva and Living In Poverty. Donate Here To Help Them Survive!

See a request from an IDF soldier: Rock the House with Your Kabalat Shabat!   Look up the nearest Shul in your vicinity that is struggling with a Minyan - see: GoDaven

For Part II see this link: https://trybetter.blogspot.com/2023/10/what-can-we-do-in-time-of-war-part-ii.html

Go Forth and Help Each Other Out

With the war on the holy land dragging on, there are tens of thousands of displaced and displeased Jews who lost their work of place and livelihood, literally living off government or NGO handouts.

These people have suffered from being displaced, living in a strange place far away from their homes, with people they do not necessary know and on top of that their place of work is inaccessible.

If they are given a change to become employed, they will regain their confidence and might even find the means to settle down in the place where they were 'exiled' to.

Wishful thinking?  

Ask all the nonagenarians who came over from war-torn Europe as displaced persons - they built their lives up from scratch and went on to create a new world for themselves, for their families, for the Jewish community and for the whole world.

Perhaps we could set up an online hub for businesses and NFP* organisations based outside the holy land, to help these unfortunate people by allowing diaspora-based companies to tap into this pool of very able, talented, innovative, clever, motivated but needy candidates?

If you ever heard of any of the websites below, we might already have solved a major part of this endeavour:

ZehMizeh | The Jewish Freelancing Platform - Post projects, find talent, pay simply.

https://www.upwork.com/

Fiverr | Freelance services marketplace | Find top global talent

Hebrew language website dedicated to find work for the displaced people in the holy land: כולנו דרושים | דרושים IL and: JOBS - Drushim710west

If we could find a couple of voluntary job matchmakers in every country (US, UK, IE, FR etc.) and allow displaced people to log on with their resumé, we could lift the spirits of this motley group of Israelis.

"Yisroel Arevim Zeh baZeh" - Jewish people look after each other - let us put this age-old axiom into practice!

See: https://trybetter.blogspot.com/2024/11/links-to-work-help-with-finding.html

(*) איכה פרק ה' פסוק ט"ו

YOM TEFILLAH

By C. S. Teitelbaum
   
Hundreds of local cheder boys joined an awe-inspiring gathering this Tuesday in the majestic Bobov Shul on Egerton Road.

Over twenty years ago gedolim in America initiated this special annual Yom Tefillah whereby yiddishe kinderlach assemble during the aseres yemei teshuva using the power of their innocence and purity as a means of praying on klal yisroel's behalf. Established seven years ago locally, the cheder boys came to the event en masse davening minchah and reciting chapters of tehillim and selichos. They were joined by many Rabbonim, fathers and rebbeim who were keen to join this rare opportunity of davening with the huge crowd of tinnokos shel beis rabon.

Rabbi Yeshaya Schlesinger, Rosh Kollel Chaim Ozer, opened the program with an emotionally charged address about tefillah, noting its significance especially during these days when even the individual tefillah is as valuable as with a tzibbur. He kept his young audience riveted with examples from the Gemara, how Reb Chiya and his sons managed to transform the weather dramatically with the intensity of their kavannah at the words mashiv horuach umorid hageshem and how the earth trembled before they reached the words mechayeh meisim for fear of the outcome. Rabbi Schlesinger further emphasized that the boys should daven for extra siyatta d'ishmaya in contending with today's great struggle against the infiltrating spiritual dangers.

Rabbi Ahron Fischel, menahel of Skver cheder, recited six kappitlech tehillim that have been singled out by the gedolim at the original founding decades ago. Emotions ran high as the boys' honeyed voices rang out, movingly chanting passuk by passuk, intermingled with the many adults who were lining the shul's circumference. Mincha was followed by a responsive recitation of Avinu Malkeinu led by Rabbi Betzalel Kamionka, before which Rabbi Osher Schapiro reminded the boys to beseech passionately at the words shelach refuah sheleima. Indeed, at the intensity of those words participants noted that they were assured the childrens' cries pierced right through the domed roof to the skies, where the shechina awaits them now more than ever.

Rabbi Eliezer Dovid Friedman was honoured with pesicha for selichos, which was then recited by Rabbi Avrohom Moshe Krausz, renowned baal Tefillah from America.

The event was organized by Rabbi Schapiro, Reb Menashe Scharf and Reb Aryeh Deutsch. The experience left the boys both humbled and emotionally uplifted, the inspiration of the moment making an everlasting impression. 

This article first appeared in the Jewish Tribune, 06 October 2011