Chanukah, Then and Now

| By Shimon Pepper
Categories: Jewish Moment

There is a well known question that’s asked about Chanukah. The Rabbis ask, “Why do we light the Menorah?” After all, the Macabbis did find one small jar of oil – then, it lasted for seven more days. Why shouldn’t we celebrate Chanukah for just seven days? There are numerous answers offered. Perhaps, the most …

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Lev Lalev Grand Rabbi

| By Shimon Pepper
Categories: Jewish Moment

Lev Lalev Orphanage was founded by the Grand Rabbi of Klausenberg over fifty years ago. He was a Holocaust survivor whose wife and eleven children were murdered by the Germans. I was thinking about the character of the Rabbi yesterday, when I was studying on the telephone with one of my grandchildren. In Pirkei Avos …

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Giving Tuesday Gives Hope

| By Shimon Pepper
Categories: Jewish Moment

Today, we are focused on Giving Tuesday. Some years ago, I began the good habit of thanking our Lev Lalev donors each Monday morning. We called this Thank You Monday. Sometimes, we’ve been blessed with so many gifts that it spilled into Tuesday. Tzedakah – Jewish charity – Israel charity – and support for our …

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Welcoming More Girls To The Home

| By Shimon Pepper
Categories: Jewish Moment, Other

What’s new and exciting at the Lev Lalev Orphanage in Netanya, Israel? Recently, we renovated and completed a new mini apartment. This important project has allowed us to increase the number of girls we can take in to the home. Thus far, 7 new girls have come to the home since the end of the …

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Support our Israeli Girls

| By Shimon Pepper
Categories: Jewish Moment

Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel, and Leah, our esteemed matriarchs; women of the Torah, who serve as the life partners of our patriarchs. Together with their husbands, they built a holy nation which continues to thrive to this very day. Sari, Rivki, Ruchi, and Laylay, are all residents of the Lev Lalev Orphanage in Netanya, Israel. Like …

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