Personal Gratitude
Mark times of personal gratitude to God by giving charity or partaking in a particular mitzvah.
Wallet Offering
Giving charity is often considered a means of attaining the atonement once accomplished by the sacrificial service.
Fortune For All
Recognize that financial fortune is a blessing and a gift from God by giving to charity.
Make a Difference Now!
Support the State of Israel through prayer, giving tzedaka, charity to worthy institutions and by performing acts of chesed, acts of kindness by assisting others.
Vayakhel 5774-2014
“Lip Service is Hardly Enough” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this week’s parasha, parashat Vayakhel, the people of Israel deliver their abundant contributions to be used in constructing…
Eat and Save
"Eat your peas! There are children starving in Africa!" "No dessert until you eat all the food on your plate!" "Waste not, want not." Today, June 5, 2020, is the United Nations…
Penny Lane
While the well-known adage requests, “A penny for your thoughts,” perhaps those coins should be sought, instead, in between the cushions of sofas and car seats, in washing machines, and…
Jewish Boxing Days?
In many countries, especially those associated with the United Kingdom, December 26th is known as Boxing Day. There are divergent views as to the source of this day and the origin of the…
“The Rebbe”
Jews worldwide observe the yahrzeit (anniversary of death) of the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of blessed memory, on the 3rd of Tammuz, which is observed…