A Double Opportunity to Directly Help Israel's Soldiers!

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Join 100,000 Jews in reciting the Tefillah L'chayalei Tzahal - The Prayer for Members of the Israeli Defense Forces - daily and help raise funds to benefit our soldiers in Israel. Order large cards (8 1/2 inches x 11 inches) for $5 each and small cards (credit card sized) for $1 each and be a part of this mitzvah! All proceeds benefit needy soldiers and will be distributed by the Office of the Chief Military Chaplain of the IDF (see Arutz Sheva report below).

As the current crisis continues, so does the danger facing the young men and women who risk their lives on the front lines of battle. The Orthodox Union urges the community to commence with the daily recitation of this tefillah on their behalf. Imagine the Kiddush Hashem and the impact that these thousands of voices can have on behalf of our soldiers. Please order cards for your synagogue, school, home, or youth group - for yourself! ORDER YOUR cards NOW! Fax: 212-613-0639 - Call: 212-613-8226.

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As reported in A-7 A first-time Orthodox Union (OU) program will enhance the observance of the current High Holiday period for many IDF soldiers from families in difficult economic circumstances.  The OU is providing them with special gift certificates, underwritten in a unique manner: the sale of wallet-sized prayer cards.  The cards, produced by the OU (www.ou.org), feature a full-color photo of soldiers in an emotional embrace at the Western Wall, with the text in Hebrew or English of the special Mi Shebeirach prayer for the Israel Defense Forces on the flip side. Thousands of cards have been purchased at $1 apiece in the United States, Canada and elsewhere. "When Howard Rhine conceived the idea late last year of producing these cards for sale," explained OU President Harvey Blitz, "it became clear that there was a double opportunity here - both to pray daily for the welfare of those who are defending Israel and its people, and at the same time to relieve the financial distress experienced by many of these soldiers and their families."   IDF Chief Rabbi Brig.-Gen. Yisrael Weiss, during his recent visit this summer to the United States, told the OU leadership, "The OU's dual program of educating Diaspora Jews to pray daily for our soldiers - i.e., the soldiers of the Jewish People - and to contribute materially to strengthen and encourage many of those same soldiers, is one more proof that we are a united Nation, and that unity is our strength.  In that strength, we shall truly merit G-d's blessing."

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