May She Be Blessed

| By Shimon Pepper
Categories: Other

Each Friday night our girls at Lev Lalev receive the special blessing, you should merit a life which mirrors the lives of our matriachs, Sarah, Rivka, Rochel, and Leah. This week’s Parsha discusses the life of Sarah. She lived to the age of 127, and was the life partner of Abraham. Together they built a …

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Resilience

| By Shimon Pepper
Categories: Other

Our girls at the Lev Lalev Orphanage in Netanya, Israel know what tragedy is in their young lives. In their young lives one or both of their parents have either died or have been institutionalized. They have felt the loss of family, of community, and of neighborhood. So, when they learned of the murder at …

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Mishane Makom, Mishane Mazel

| By Shimon Pepper
Categories: Jewish Moment, Other

Changing places, can change our mazal. In this week’s Torah portion, Hashem commands Avraham, “Go far from your land, your birthplace, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.” For Avraham to build a legacy and a new nation, had to break with the past and embrace the future. For …

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Our Girls at Lev Lalev Study the Parsha

| By Shimon Pepper
Categories: Other

Each week our girls at Lev Lalev study the Torah and on Shabbat, discuss lessons they’ve learned. Since the orphanage was founded on Jewish religious principles, and supported through the tzedakah and charity of so many wonderful people, we wanted to share with you a glimpse of the value driven lessons that the girls learn …

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The World Was Created for Me

| By Shimon Pepper
Categories: Other

Our goal at the Lev Lalev Orphanage in Israel is to help our girls succeed. When the girls arrive at the Home, they generally have extremely low self-esteem. But through the love and care our staff provides, and through the professional mental health intervention that the girls need, we are able to give them hope, …

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