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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Please take a moment to say
some tehillim for the Jewish soldiers fighting in Gaza. If you need
some suggestions, Chapters 121 and 142 would be very appropriate. Also below please find an opportunity to get the name of a specific soldier to daven (pray) for. Take advantage of this great opportunity!<br>
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Have a great shabbos! <br>
<br>
Yitz<br>
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<div style="margin: 0pt;" align="center"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">WORLDWIDE
EFFORT TO SUPPORT ISRAELI SOLDIERS IS LAUNCHED</span></b></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt;" align="center"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">“Operation Tefillah, Torah & Troops” Gets
Underway</span></b></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt;"><font size="2" face="Verdana">As the members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
battle Hamas terrorists and Palestinian militants in Gaza, leading international
Torah scholars have launched a worldwide effort aimed at providing them with
spiritual support.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt;"><font size="2" face="Verdana">“Operation Tefillah, Torah & Troops,” which was
launched by Rabbi Simcha HaCohen Kook, the Chief Rabbi of Rehovot, Israel, and
the Bostoner R ebbe (Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz) of Har Nof, Israel, partners
people from around the world with soldiers in the IDF. Each person who
takes part in “Operation Tefillah, Torah & Troops” is paired with an Israeli
soldier, and is responsible to say tefillot (prayers), learn Torah, and do
special acts of chesed (kindness) on behalf of that solider.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt;"><font size="2" face="Verdana">Rabbi Kook and the Bostoner Rebbe noted that this
concept is one that has been a part of the Jewish people for thousands of
years. When Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses) led the Jewish people to war with the
nation of Midyon, for every person who went to battle, there was a designated
person who was responsible for praying and learning for him. Throughout his
reign, David HaMelech (King David) utilized this practice as well. During
the war in Lebanon in the summer of 2006, more than 50,000 people worldwide
participated in this initiative spearheaded by Rabbi Kook and the Bostoner
Rebbe, and facilitated in North America by the National Council of Young
Israel.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt;"><font size="2" face="Verdana">To participate in “Operation Tefillah, Torah &
Troops” and receive the name of an Israeli soldier who needs your prayers, send
an e-mail to the office of Rabbi Kook at <span style="color: black;"><a title="mailto:maortlmo@gmail.com?subject=WORLDWIDE EFFORT TO SUPPORT ISRAELI SOLDIERS&body=Please send me a name of an Israeli soldier so I can daven (pray) for him or herMay G-D watch over our Chayalim" href="mailto:maortlmo@gmail.com?subject=WORLDWIDE%20EFFORT%20TO%20SUPPORT%20ISRAELI%20SOLDIERS&body=Please%20send%20me%20a%20name%20of%20an%20Israeli%20soldier%20so%20I%20can%20daven%20%28pray%29%20for%20him%20or%20her%0D%0A%0D%0AMay%20G-D%20watch%20over%20our%20Chayalim">maortlmo@gmail.com</a>. To
request the name of a soldier by phone or fax, call </span>the National Council
of Young Israel at 212-929-1525 x100, or send a fax to
212-727-9526. Members of the IDF who wish to have a “partner” praying for
them a re urged to e-mail the office of Rabbi Kook as well.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt;"><font size="2" face="Verdana">Rabbi Pesach Lerner, the Executive Vice President of
the National Council of Young Israel, noted that every tefillah that is said on
behalf of a soldier will make a difference, regardless of where a person may be
in religious observance.</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt;"><font size="2" face="Verdana">“Each soldier that is putting his or her life on the
line to defend the land of Israel and safeguard the Jewish nation deserves to
have someone praying for their well being and safe return,” said Rabbi Lerner,
“During my conversations with Rabbi Kook, he emphasized that every Jew is
encouraged to participate in this critical endeavor and to pray for a soldier in
a manner in which they feel comfortable, irrespective of their religious
background.”</font></div>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Got this from my rav, Rabbi Aaron Cohen...<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
You all know of the plight of Jonathan Pollard, who has served 23 years
in prison for transferring classified information to Israel. The entire
Jewish community, including the Orthodox Union, Agudath Israel, the
National Council of Young Israel, and The Conference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish Organizations, have strongly expressed its view
that the punishment is excessive in comparison to others who have been
sentenced for similar charges. Many prominent Rabbonim in the US and
Eretz Yisrael have strongly supported those who have lobbied for Mr.
Pollard's release.<br>
A significant effort is underway to appeal to President Bush to grant a pardon before he leaves office. A website <a target="_blank" href="http://www.freepollardnow.com">http://www.freepollardnow.com</a>
has been set up to enable people to join a petition requesting Mr.
Pollard's release, and it also guides individuals in how to communicate
to the President in asking for clemency.<br>
Please make every effort to participate in this vitally important Mitzva!<br>
Bivracha,<br>
Rabbi Cohen<br>
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Please take out a few moments and say some tehillim (psalms) for the
Israeli chayalim (soldiers) & for everyone living in Israel. Israel
also has six soldiers in enemy captivity, namely:<br>
<br>
Gilad ben Aviva (Shalit), captured just outside Gaza on June 25, 2006;<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.<br>
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If you haven't checked it out yet, please check out <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dovslist.org">www.dovslist.org</a>
- GREAT site for organizing tehillim and prayers for the sick created
by my sister & her husband in memory of their son Dov.<br>
PLEASE FORWARD THIS LINK AROUND!<br>
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Any names on our mishebayrach list over a month old will be deleted unless I'm told otherwise. Please say mishebayrach for:<br>
<br>
Yonatan ben Malka<br>
Baruch 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>
Yosef Adam ben Elke<br>
Leah Sarah bas Raizel<br>
Yehuda ben Yehudis<br>
Miriam bas Chava Shaindel<br>
Avrohom Chaim ben Yenta Freida<br>
Daniel Mordechai ben Miriam<br>
Chaim ben Sprintza<br>
Chaya Yechet Elka bas Chana Rochel<br>
Chaya Sarah Gittel bat Fayga<br>
Moshe Velvul ben Perel (6/6)<br>
Yisrael Noach ben Hinda<br>
Alan ben Sarah<br>
Mordechai Eliyahu ben Shulamit Tsila (12/12)<br>
Moshe Yehuda ben Sheva Rachel (12/12)<br>
Devora bas Chaya Sora Malka (12/12)<br>
Mayer ben Basha (12/12)<br>
Mordechai Gershon ben Malya Rochel (12/12)<br>
Shira Rizel Esther Bas Mina Zosha (12/19)<br>
Ora Yutel bas Charna Sarah Rivka (12/19)<br>
Yaakov ben Miriam (12/19)<br>
Ratza bas Risa (12/19)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shlomo ben Penina (12/26)<br>
Chava Miryam bat Channa Sarah (12/26)<br>
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<div>Yura bas Chana (1/2)</div>
<div>Eliyahu ben Rosa (1/2)</div>
<div>Yakov Tzvi ben Sara (1/2)</div>
<div>Yitzchak ben Hadassah Devorah Basya Fayga (1/2)</div>
<div>Shmuel ben Tova (1/2)</div>
<div>Yehudis bas Tova (1/2)</div>
<div>Yitzchak Zev ben Masha (1/2)</div>
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Names added:<br>
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<div>Leora Zehava bat Elisheva (1/9)</div>
<div>Menachem Mordechai ben Ophira<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1/9)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Tehillim List of Wounded Soldiers:<br>
</font>Dvir ben Laya - seriously injured;<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1/9)</font><br>
Noam ben Aliza - one leg
amputated; doctors fighting to save the other;<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1/9)</font><br>
Li'el Hoshea ben Miriam -
serious head injury;<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1/9)</font><br>
Neriya ben Ri vka - serious head injury;<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1/9)</font><br>
Yitzchak ben
Navah - moderate shoulder injury;<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1/9)</font><br>
Netanel ben Navah - moderate shrapnel
wounds to a lower extremity;<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1/9)</font><br>
Maxim ben Olga - light lower extremity
injury;<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1/9)</font><br>
Yisrael ben Ilana - light shrapnel injury to an ear;<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1/9)</font><br>
Yo'ad Ido ben
Frieda Rivka - light shrapnel injuries;<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1/9)</font><br>
Idan ben Liora - light shrapnel
injuries;<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1/9)</font><br>
Nadav ben Miriam - light shrapnel injuries;<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1/9)</font></div>
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Names removed:<br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Mordechai Tzemach ben Mazal Tov (12/5)<br>
Meir Menachem ben Blima (12/5)<br>
Elyasaf Amos ben Nurit (12/5)<br>
Meital Chaya bat Atara Rachel (12/5)<br>
Sarah Leah bas Bracha (12/5)<br>
Dov Ber ben Rivka Rachel (12/5)<br>
Chana Ahuva Tova bat Ronit Ester (12/5)<br>
Avraham Moshe ben Miriam Toba (12/5)</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
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