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<DIV>Please scroll down for a great article and a mitva opportunity from my
cousin.</DIV>
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<DIV>Happy Turkey Day & have a great shabbos!</DIV>
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<DIV>Yitz</DIV>
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<DIV>PS - Looking for a GREAT gift for your friends or employees? Give a "gift
catalog!" You choose the cost (ranges from $20 - $500) and they get to choose
their gift! It's economical yet *really* classy. </DIV>
<DIV>Please call/email Yitz Weiss at 973-472-0180 <A title=mailto:yitzw@aol.com
href="mailto:yitzw@aol.com">yitzw@aol.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Dear friends,</DIV>
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<DIV>Often when I think of this amazing FTS list, the words "Mi k'amcha
Yisrael?" come to mind. This is especially true when I look back on the
kindness you have shown to my cousin Berel's widow Chavie, mother, bli ayin
hara, of 13 children. (If you missed the original post, please see
below.)</DIV>
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<DIV>In the midst of the heartache, I shared with you back in May the wonderful
news that Berel's daughter had become a kallah. The wedding date, b'sha'ah
tovah, is approaching (November 28, a date chosen so that all family members
would no longer be in aveilus).</DIV>
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<DIV>Well, I just got a sobering call from my cousin Shmuel (Berel's cousin
too). He just heard from Berel's close friend that Chavie - too
embarrassed to tell us - is distraught because she lacks sufficient funds to pay
for the wedding and the young couple's basic needs as they start their life
together.</DIV>
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<DIV>Of course, we cousins (unfortunately, virtually all the aunts and uncles
are no longer with us) are going to do all we can without delay. If you
can help in any way at all, I beseech you to send your tax-deductible donation
(every penny will go to help this orphaned kallah) to:</DIV>
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<DIV>Congregation Shomrei Hadas<BR>c/o Rabbi Shmuel Gross<BR>1328 E. 9th
Street<BR>Brooklyn, NY 11230</DIV>
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<DIV>Gratefully,</DIV>
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<DIV>Chavi Willig Levy</DIV>
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<DIV>Original post:</DIV>
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<DIV>Shalom, all. Chavi Willig Levy here. As many of you know, I
have been blessed with a large extended family, bli ayin hara, including a raft
full of cousins. For as long as I can remember, a favorite cousin was
Berel Weiss.</DIV>
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<DIV>We were as different as night and day: I a college-educated, "liberated"
female raised on a misnaged track, he a Bobover chasid through and
through. But our differences mattered not a whit to either of us. I
lit up whenever I saw him, payos and all, his warm smile melting any shred of
pessimism that might have crossed my path. His acceptance was
unconditional; never did I detect in him a sign of discomfort regarding my
disability or of judgment regarding<BR>our religious differences.</DIV>
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<DIV>I remember his wedding as if it were yesterday. He was 20 years old
in 1974 when he stood under the chuppah with his kallah, Chavie. I was 22,
a Chavi who would not stand under the chuppah for nearly a decade more.
But if I ever felt despair, I always had Berel and his eishes chayil to bolster
me with their optimism and emunah. They welcomed Michael into the family
with open arms. They were overjoyed when Tehilah and Aharon, bli ayin
hara, arrived on the scene.</DIV>
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<DIV>Berel came to Aharon's bar mitzvah melaveh malkah in November 2004, even
though it was difficult for us to attend the many simchas that arose since the
birth of his and Chavie's 13 children, bli ayin hara.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Who would have dreamed that, within a year, he would be gone? Who
could have known, when he had told no one that he had been ill for eight
years?</DIV>
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<DIV>For over four decades, my cousin Berel davened that I, Chava Ita bas Ella,
be granted a refuah shleimah. As Pesach approaches, I am writing to ask
you to join me as I repay my debt.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>A fund has been established to support Berel's widow and children. Any
amount that you can donate will go directly to support them. Your
contribution is tax-deductible and can be mailed to:</DIV>
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<DIV>Congregation Shomrei Hadas<BR>c/o Rabbi Shmuel Gross<BR>1328 E. 9th
Street<BR>Brooklyn, NY 11230</DIV>
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<DIV>Auf simchas and many thanks,</DIV>
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<DIV>Chavi Willig Levy</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="BernhardMod BT"><FONT size=3>Hi! I thought you'd like to
know that </FONT><A title=http://www.aish.com/ href="http://www.aish.com/"><FONT
size=3>www.aish.com</FONT></A><FONT size=3> has just published an
essay of mine:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A title=http://www.aish.com/societyWork/society/A_Tale_of_Two_Circuses.asp
href="http://www.aish.com/societyWork/society/A_Tale_of_Two_Circuses.asp"><FONT
size=3>http://www.aish.com/societyWork/society/A_Tale_of_Two_Circuses.asp</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="BernhardMod BT" size=3>If the spirit moves you, please post
a comment at the bottom of the article. The more readers' comments
they get, the better my chances for more assignments - and a pay hike from the
paltry sum they now offer. So if you feel like sharing the link with
friends, I'd appreciate it!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Gratefully,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Chavi</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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href="http://www.chavawilliglevy.com/"><FONT
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(psalms) for the Israeli chayalim (soldiers) & for everyone living in
Israel. Israel also has eight soldiers in enemy captivity, namely:<BR><BR>Gilad
ben Aviva (Shalit), captured just outside Gaza on June 25 of this year;<BR>Ehud
ben Malka (Goldwasser) and Eldad ben Tova (Regev), captured on the
Israeli-Lebanese border July 12 of this year;<BR>Guy ben Rina (Hever),
disappeared near the Syrian-Israeli border in the Golan Heights in August
1997;<BR>Ron ben Batya (Arad), captured when his plane was downed over Lebanon
in Oct. 1986;<BR>Tzvi ben Pninah (Feldman), Yekutiel Yehuda Nachman ben Sarah
(Katz), and Zecharia Shlomo ben Miriam (Baumel), all captured at the Sultan
Yaaqub battle in Lebanon on June 11,1982.</FONT></P>
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Yosef ben Adina Batya <BR>Shira bat Yaffa (Chazan) <BR>Moria bat Leah (Zamir)
<BR>Shabtai ben Rivka (Cohen) <BR>Rachel Chaya bat Roiza<BR>Rephael Avraham ben
Ora Yutel<BR>Labin ben Temimah Esther<BR>Yosef Adam ben Elke<BR>Leah Sarah bas
Raizel<BR>Yehuda ben Yehudis<BR>Miriam bas Chava Shaindel<BR>Avrohom Chaim ben
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<DIV>Avrohom Mordechai ben Fruma Rachel (10/27)</DIV>Chaim ben Devora (11/3)
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<DIV>Eliezer Aharon R'Fael ben Esther Enya (11/10)</DIV>
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<DIV>Chaya Miriam bas Fruma (11/17)</DIV>
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<DIV>Tinok ben Nechama (10/20)</DIV>
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<DIV>Chaya bas Chana Rivka (10/20)</DIV>
<DIV>Reuven Gabriel Chaim ben Zeisa (10/20)</DIV>
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<DIV>Rochel bat Shaindel (10/20)</DIV>
<DIV>Rivka Yocheved bat Ita (10/20)</DIV>
<DIV>Atara Gilah bat Rut Chava (10/20)</DIV>
<DIV>Dora bat Chaya Sora (10/20)</DIV>
<DIV>Uri Chaim Yosef ben Devora (10/20)</DIV>
<DIV>Miriam Rivka bat Malka (10/20)</DIV>
<DIV>Shlomit bas Chaya Leeba (10/20)</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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