B”H How can I help Israel Today?

B”H

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Our brave soldiers are working hard in Gaza, Iran, and around the world to rescue hostages and keep our holy land safe. They're also making the whole world a better place.

Right now, we might be wondering, "What can I do to help Israel? How can I help the people living there and everywhere else?"

Even if we're far away, there are many things we can do.

Our holy guidebook that HaShem gave us, the Torah, tells us that when we do good things spiritually, like praying or doing kind acts, it helps protect us physically. It also helps our brothers and sisters in Israel.

When we pray, study Torah or do good deeds for Israel, it creates a shield for them.

Because of this, we've gathered some points that the Rebbe shared with the people a while ago during similar times. These are good things we can each do to help Israel and its people. Please check out the links below to learn more, including this special video:

https://youtu.be/VV5yjQFdwic?si=55hB1ZMLXORxCvgD

Somce the war started on 10/7 We at Chabad of Larchmont have already led three ten day missions to Israel and we are planning many more in the future. One of the main goals is to do what we’ve been doing for decades, which is: provide Medical Healing including Telehealth for many of our brothers and sisters in Israel -

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Sincerely,

Bring Them Home Now! We Want Moshiach Now!

Shabbat Shalom,

Rabbi Mendy Cunin

1. Take Up a "Call to Arms"

> What it is: Before the outbreak of the 1967 war, the Rebbe prompted a literal "call to arms" to encourage Jewish males don the holy heart-and-mind connectors known as tefillin, whose spiritual potency is foretold in the Talmud to help instill fear and deterrence in the enemy
> What to do: Help every Jewish man and boy over the age of 13 to put on tefillin today, and every weekday.
> Links: Want to learn how to put on tefillin? Check out this tutorial. Don't have tefillin or seek the personal touch? Contact your local Chabad rabbi or visit a trusted Judaica source. (There are a couple to choose from here, too.) Watch the Rebbe explain the power of tefillin.

2. Share the Power of Light

> What it is: While this is a once-a-week mitzvah, its power lasts for an entire seven days. Lighting Shabbat and holiday candles ushers light and peace into the home and the world.
> What to do: Encourage every Jewish woman and girl to light Shabbat candles every Friday before the onset of Shabbat and on the eve of Jewish holidays.
> Links: Learn how to light Shabbat candles, find out what time the candles should be lit, read stories and discover the power of bringing more light into the world. Watch the Rebbe discuss the redemptive power of Shabbat candles.

3. Check Your (Spiritual) Security System

> What it is: Called the guardian of the Jewish home and the guardian of the Jewish people throughout the ages, the mezuzah is a parchment scroll containing sacred portions of the Torah that is hung on the right side of the doorpost to a Jewish home. They are also affixed on most doorposts within the home.
> What to do: Do you have mezuzahs on and in your home? This is a good time have them checked to make sure they are still in tiptop shape. (It is best to do so annually, and at least twice every seven years.) If you don’t have mezuzahs, or are missing on some doors, now is the time to get up to snuff.
> Links: Learn all about mezuzahs and how to affix them, and how and why to check them. Watch the Rebbe discuss the protective power of mezuzah.

4. Pray

> What it is: The power of prayer-our ability to reach the gates of heaven and plead with the Almighty to make things better.
> What to do: Dedicate a daily prayer for our brethren in Israel. Psalms are especially appropriate for times like this. But feel free to go off-script and speak to G d directly in your own words, too. While praying, keep in mind those who were injured in the attacks, in addition to all of Israel. The prayer of children is considered to be particularly potent.
> Links:Psalms. (Chapter 20 has a special significance at times such as these.) Watch the Rebbe discuss the potency of children's prayer in a time like this.

5. Be Financially Supportive

> What it is: Give charity! The protective strength of charity is considered to be particularly strong. Consider in part also an Israel-based charity.

6. Nurture Your Faith

> What it is: What kept us going for thousands of years. Amid all crises, the faith and knowledge that G-d is with us and protects us.
> What you can do: Reach into yourself to find it. Learn about it. And speak to your family and friends about it. Gather them around your dining room table at home or the water cooler at work and speak about our faith in G-d and His bond with every one of us. Engender confident trust that He will guard us, and especially in His holy land.
Reach out to friends and family in Israel, or even to strangers on Facebook. Tell them that you are one with them, about the mitzvahs you’re doing in their honor, and that you are sure that they will prevail.
> Links: Watch the Rebbe explain the strategic importance of faith.

7. Get a Letter

> What it is: The Torah is the common denominator that unites all Jewish people. Special Torah scrolls are being written in Israel, in which every single Jewish person may purchase a letter to become part of the Torah and unite together. Besides for fulfilling (at least in part) the Biblical commandment to write a Torah scroll, having a letter in these scrolls connects you and Jewish people all over the globe, in Israel and the diaspora, into one Torah-created unified entity.
> What you can do: Purchase letters for yourself and your family members, and encourage others to do the same.
> Links: Fill out this form to purchase letters (for a symbolic $1) in the special Torah for all Jewish children under bar- or bat-mitzvah age. To be united with Jews of all ages in the Torah, purchase letters here. Watch the Rebbe discuss the unifying power of purchasing a letter in the Torah.

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