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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sorry I'm late - got bogged down a bit with tax season!
Please read below for an urgent mitzvah opportunity...</FONT></DIV>
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this as a forward from both the NCYI and Agudah - please take a moment to
read</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana"><FONT face=Arial size=2>February 10, 2010<BR></FONT></DIV></SPAN>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">To Friends and Constituents of the National Young
Israel movement:</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">As you may or may
not know, a Jewish man is slated for execution in Florida next
Tuesday.</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">Martin Grossman was
convicted of killing Margaret Parks, a Florida Wildlife Officer, in 1984, when
he was 19 years old.</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">He did so
while under the influence of drugs and alcohol, and in an act of panic, not
premeditation.</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">He has conducted
himself as a model prisoner since his incarceration some 25 years ago and has
shown profound remorse and regret for his actions.</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">National Council of Young Israel has joined other
Orthodox Jewish groups including Agudath Israel of America and the Orthodox
Union, in asking Florida Governor Charlie Crist to grant clemency , from
the death penalty to life in prison, to Mr. Grossman, and we have also requested
a meeting in person with Governor Crist to discuss the matter.</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">But it is important that the Governor hear from the
grassroots as well - certainly from people who live or spend significant time in
Florida, but even from non-Floridians.</SPAN><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">His e-mail address is
Charlie.Crist@myflorida.com , his phone number is <BR>(850) 488-7146 and he can
be faxed at 850-487-0801.</SPAN><BR><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">Letters and calls
should be polite to the Governor to take into account Mr. Grossman's youth and
impairment at the time of the crime and his good behavior and remorse in the
years since.</SPAN></EM><BR><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">And the
request should be that Mr. Grossman be permitted to serve his debt to society by
serving the rest of his life in prison.</SPAN></EM></STRONG> <BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">May we have happier occasions to demonstrate our
achdus and ahavas Yisroel. </SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana"> </SPAN> </FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT size=2>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2><FONT color=#003366>"Even those who strongly
support capital punishment would limit it to recidivists or people who ‎commit
the most heinous of crimes. Martin Grossman fits neither of those
categories. He does ‎not belong on death row. His crime, committed
when he was a teenager, was unplanned, ‎unpremeditated and impulsive—the product
of a serious mental illness, that can now be proved ‎by medical technology that
was unavailable at the time of his sentencing. He has been in prison ‎for
more than a quarter of a century, during which time he has been a model prisoner
who has ‎shown great remorse for what he did. All that he is seeking now
is a 60 day postponement of his ‎execution, so that his supporters can martial
the evidence and present his case for clemency. No ‎one should be rushed
to execution while doubts remain unresolved. Justice demands that he be
‎given the 60 days to prove that he does not deserve to die at the hands of the
state." ‎- Alan M. Dershowitz ‎</FONT>
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<DIV>Please say some tehillim for Amichai ben Devorah Steinmetz who went missing
in India on 7/22 (details here: <A href="http://tinyurl.com/mao37b">http://tinyurl.com/mao37b</A>) </DIV>Please
take out a few moments and say some tehillim (psalms) for the Israeli chayalim
(soldiers) & for everyone living in Israel. Please also same some tehillim
for the captive Israeli soldiers:<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>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></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Also please keep in mind the three Yeshiva students who
were jailed in Japan:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Yosef ben Ita Rivka</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>Ya'akov Yosef
ben Reizel </FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>Yoel Ze'ev ben
Mirel Risa Chava </FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>If you need some
suggestions for which Tehillim (Psalms) to say, I'd suggest # 20, # 130 & #
21</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>************************************************************************<BR>If
you haven't checked it out yet, please check out </FONT><A href="http://www.dovslist.org" target=_blank><FONT face=Arial>www.dovslist.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial> - 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>************************************************************************<BR>Any
names on our mishebayrach list over a month old will be deleted unless I'm told
otherwise. Please say mishebayrach for:<BR>Yonatan ben Malka<BR>Yosef Adam ben
Elke<BR></P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Issur ben Yocha (1/15)</DIV>
<DIV>Ben Tzion Tzvi ben Faiga (1/15)</DIV>
<DIV>Yaakov Akiva ben Malka Leah (1/15)</DIV>
<DIV>Esther bat Gohar (1/22)</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Mia Berit bat Leah Miriam (1/22)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Mitra Chaya bat Helene (1/29)</DIV>
<DIV>Azriel David ben Leah (2/12)</DIV>********************<BR>Names
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<DIV>Zvi Moshe ben Miriam Rachel (2/12)</DIV>
<DIV>Mordechai Tzemach ben Mazal (2/12)</DIV>
<DIV>Ariella Ellana Chaya bas Malka (2/12)</DIV>
<DIV>Shalva Yakira bas Yardena Meira (2/12)</DIV>
<DIV>Yaakov Shalom ben Tamar (2/12)</DIV>
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