PARSHAT LECH LECHA October 27-28, 2023 / 13 Cheshvan 5784 HAFTARAH Isaiah 40:27-41:16 | | | FEATURED | | | | Action Alert | OU Advocacy | Urge your U.S. Senators and Representatives to provide emergency funding for Israel and federal security grants to our shuls and schools. | | | | Alone But Not Lonely | Rabbi Moshe Hauer | Jews should be feeling quite lonely these days. Antisemitism, an increasingly visible and unsettling feature of American Jewish life since the Tree of Life attack exactly five years ago, has spiked since the brutal Hamas massacre of October 7. | | | | Our Brothers and Sisters in Israel Need Your Help | Orthodox Union | Thousands of the teens, families and American olim that OU Israel serves every day are suffering, making the need for our support, counseling, and spiritual guidance urgent. We are turning to you for help to meet the urgent needs of our OU Israel family. We ask you to pray and we ask you to donate. | | | AROUND THE OU | | | Orthodox Union | Updates and Chizuk | Watch a recording of today's chizuk call with Rav Doron Perez, Executive Chairman of the Mizrachi World Movement, whose son, Daniel Shimon ben Sharon, is missing in action. | Watch Now | | | | Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph | Leading Through Crisis | In one of the most stirring presidential inaugural addresses, Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously proclaimed, "The only thing we have to fear is…fear itself." | Read More | | | | Maury Litwack | How to Defeat Extremists | In the wake of the unprecedented attacks in Israel, one might expect unanimous condemnation and expressions of solidarity for the Middle East's only democracy. | Read More | | | | Women's Initiative | Tears of Hope: Rachel Imenu's Yahrzeit | Watch the Women's Initiative's inspiring program for Rachel Imenu's Yahrzeit, which included words of chizuk from Rebbetzin Peshi Neuburger, Mrs. Slovie Jungreis-Wolff and Mrs. Hava Preil. | Watch Now | | | | NCSY | Sending Inspiration to the Frontline | In response to the horrific attacks in our homeland, NCSY and NCSY Israel help teens provide spiritual protection to IDF Soldiers, and all Israelis by taking on inspirational commitments. Praying and learning in their honor can create an even stronger bond during these trying times. | Find Out More | | | | Faces of Orthodoxy | Celebrating the Heroes of Our Faith | Awareness of media stereotypes and misrepresentations faced by the Jewish community is fundamental in countering the antisemitic resurgence by heightening public awareness through enlightenment and elucidation about who we are. | Read More | | | UPCOMING EVENTS | | SPIRIT | Parkinson's Support Groups | SPIRIT is forming support groups for persons with Parkinson's and their carepartners. People with Parkinson's (PWP) will meet Monday evenings at 7:30 PM EDT and for carepartners on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 PM EDT. | Register Now | | | All Daf | Two All Daf Siyumim | Wednesday, November 1, and Thursday, November 2 | We are pleased to invite all those in Eretz Yisroel to join us for two siyumim next week. These events will be a gathering of chizuk and inspiration as thousands around the globe finish Seder Nashim and half of Shas. | Register Now | | | TORAH | | | OU TORAH INITIATIVES | L'Kadsho: Learning Shabbos, Living Shabbos | This week in L'Kadsho, learn about the prohibition of Shabbos boundaries with Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon, brushing teeth on Shabbos with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz, taking a suntan on Shabbos with Rabbi Aryeh Kerzner, the kedushah of time with Rabbi Reuven Brand, and more. | Learn Now | | | | Rabbi Menachem Genack | The Root of the Rift | Even before their literal parting of ways, the Torah alludes to a growing ideological rift between Avraham and his nephew Lot. | Read in Hebrew | | | |
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