Fwd: Family Never Forgets; Supporting Displaced Israeli Teens; How to Give Tzedakah

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Date: Thu, Nov 14, 2024, 6:22 PM
Subject: Family Never Forgets; Supporting Displaced Israeli Teens; How to Give Tzedakah
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PLUS: The gateway to entry into God's presence PARSHAT VAYERA November 15-16, 2024 / 15 Cheshvan 5785  FEATURED Supporting Displaced At-Risk Israeli Teens OU Israel In an effort to restore a sense of community and keep teen participants connected with their peers, OU Israel Teen Centers continue to run regular programs, Shabbatons and day trips, and offer emotional support to thousands of teens as the war rages on. Read in JNS Support OU Israel's Teen Centers  AROUND THE OU OU Relief Missions OU Relief Mission Provides Hurricane Helene Relief in Western NC This week, OU Relief Missions made its fourth trip to North Carolina to help assist people who have sustained significant damage to their homes. Watch on WYFF News 4 Women's Initiative Idea Lab: Women's Rosh Chodesh Programming All women community leaders and lay leaders are invited to join the OU Women's Initiative for the first session in our Programming Idea Lab: Cohort 2025 on Sunday, November 24, to discuss Rosh Chodesh programming. Learn from experts, brainstorm together, and share ideas and tips to create meaningful women's programming in our communities. Register Now OU-JLIC JLIC Binghamton Innovates with "Major Meals" In JLIC Binghamton's "Major Meals" series, each meal focuses on a different academic major, providing students with an opportunity to connect, learn, and engage around the topics they're passionate about. Read More Jewish Action When Science Meets Kashrut: How One Woman Blazed a Trail in OU Kosher Jewish Action mourns the recent passing of Dr. Judith Leff, a"h, former OU Kosher ingredient technology specialist, who helped transform the kosher production and supervising industry with her knowledge and expertise. Read About Dr. Leff in Jewish Action  Upcoming Events Halacha Initiatives National City Eruv Conference November 17-18 in Saddle Brook, NJ Register Now SPIRIT Buying Property in Israel – Understanding the Process, with Ben Levene Tuesday, November 19, from 12:00-1:00 pm Register Now All Torah All Daf Siyum for Yerushalmi Seder Zeraim Tuesday, November 26, at 7:00 PM, in Yerushalayim Register Now  TORAH L'Kadsho Taking a Taxi in Israel on Motzaei Shabbos It's Saturday night and your Jewish driver left to pick you up before Shabbos ended; can you take the ride? Plus… Rabbi Shmuel Silber on stirring a pot of hot food, get your free hilchos Shabbos sefer from Shabbos Daily, and more! Taking a Taxi in Israel on Motzaei Shabbos – Listen Now More on L'Kadsho Rabbi Moshe Hauer Praying as Caring The famed kabbalist Rav Yitzchak Luria, the Arizal, taught that before praying we should formally commit to the mitzvah of loving one's fellow man, v'ahavta l'rei'acha kamocha, as that is the gateway to entry into God's presence. Read More Rabbi Menachem Genack Past and Future Two challenges form the bookends of the story of Avraham, both beginning with the words "lech lecha." One confronted Avraham's past, and the other, his future. Read in Hebrew Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman Behind Closed Doors In this week's Haftorah we find the story of the widowed woman who approaches Elisha the prophet in a time of desperation. She is destitute and at risk of losing her two sons to creditors. Read More Rabbi Shmuel Goldin Avraham's Silence Why does Avraham react to the challenge of the Akeidah with deafening silence? Read More Rabbi Jack Abramowitz How to Give Tzedakah Presenting a colorful, informative "cheat sheet" detailing how to perform the mitzvah of tzedakah – the first in a projected series on how to perform the various interpersonal mitzvos! Read More Rabbi Ephraim Glatt, Esq. Must Women Recite 100 Berachos Daily? There's a mitzvah to recite 100 berachos a day, but are women – who are exempt from many mitzvos on which we recite berachos – so obligated? Listen Now Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt"l Walking Together There is an image that haunts us across the millennia, fraught with emotion: a man and his son walking side by side across a lonely landscape of shaded valleys and barren hills. Read More Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb How Would You Translate "Yashar"? What does yashar mean? Some define it as "straight," in the sense of a "straight line," veering neither to the left nor to the right, geographically or morally. Read More Halacha Yomis Meat And Milk – Added Stringencies Why are there more stringencies regarding meat and milk than there are regarding other prohibitions? Read More  THIS WEEK ON SOCIAL Orthodox Union The world may have forgotten, but family never forgets.