Tizku l'mitzvot!

Nicole Nathan Bem

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In times of trouble, everyone in Israel rallies together. This
is when our country becomes united as one strong, generous family.
Over the past weeks, I collected a few emails to illustrate
this. While some initiatives are from individuals who live in my neighborhood,
others are from larger organizations. Everyone was involved in extending a
helping hand, from young school children to teens and adults.
Here is just a tiny sampling of the care, love and generosity
that radiates in Israel. And these are just from my email inbox…imagine what
caring treasures popped into others’ inboxes in Israel and across the
Jewish world.

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In response to the inquiries we have been receiving, we wanted
to share with you what Leket Israel is doing now and will continue to do in the
event that a cease fire is reached to provide support and respite to families
in the South:
•                Supplying 1,400
sandwiches a day to children in shelters throughout    Ashkelon
•               Allocating food
vouchers to 400 families in need
•              Making Leket Israel’s
fleet of trucks available to Homeland Security
  Feeding 500 children
on a fun day away from their shelters

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 I managed to pack my car literally to the top with clothes,
toys and food. On top of that we managed to raise over 4,000 NIS!! Almost
everything was collected Saturday night.This Sunday we will be
heading back down to Sderot, along with whomever would like to bring a car and
join. Everyone is welcome to bring whatever they can donate to my house. We
will go through it and pack it into the car to take down on Sunday. If anyone has any questions, would like to help, has an extra
car to use in case we need or just wants to tag along and see first hand what
is happening, feel free to contact me any time. If I don’t answer, I will call
back. You can call, email or SMS. Thank you again for all of your generous
donations. They were overwhelmed (in a good way) with the amount that we
brought down this Sunday. Hopefully we can top it this Sunday.
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A Raanana soldier who finished his service a week and a half ago,
would like to arrange a big delivery of snacks and clothes for soldiers serving
in the South this coming Thursday morning. 

No contribution is too small, and all closed packages of food,
snacks, granola bars, protein bars, nuts, dried fruit, candy, chocolate, cakes,
cookies, drinks, warm gray army socks, and green or black undershirt gufiot are
welcome. Little handwritten notes to the chayalim would make the care packages
extra special and are more than welcome! 
           
The drop-off point is the food collection box outside our front door – no later than 23:00 this Wednesday night.
 
           
If you live near a makolet, bakery, or kiosk that would like to
donate as well, the more the merrier. 
Please pass this email along ASAP to your own email distribution
lists today.
Ideally, he would love to have several carloads of goodies ready to
go on Thursday morning, so please…everyone out there, let’s show our amazing
chayalim how much we’re all thinking of them! (And we’re not saying that just
because we’re the parents of one… 🙂 Tizku L’mitzvot
and besorot tovot! We are standing by, waiting for the box to fill up outside…
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We are collecting packages for families in
Netivot and soldiers serving in the South in cooperation with the City of
Netivot. Collection has started and will continue through this Thursday at
09:00. If you would like to participate please bring the packages to our home. 
Suggested contents: 
Non perishable food items in closed packages such
as dried fruits, cookies, cakes, candies and bottled drinks 
Notes, letters of appreciation and children’s
drawings.

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In the past week, there have been more than 800
rockets fired at our brothers and sisters in Israel.  It is a frightening
time for all of us who love Israel and especially for all Israelis living in
fear and suffering with emotional distress.
        
There are families from the South who can
benefit from a shabbat away from the constant barrage of rocket attacks and
non-stop alarms.  Please let me know if you are interested in hosting a
family this shabbat November 23-24 or the next shabbat November 30 – Dec. 1,
and also let me know how many people you are able to accommodate. 

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Fish for Shabbat!!
         They are bombing  ‪the South again! How can we help!?!
Over 3 years has ‪passed
since Operation Cast Lead and the bombing of the South. For the past 3 ‪years,
communities from the Merkaz have been ordering straight from Moshav Tekumah ‪in order
to help financially support the inhabitants of the South.
 Quality Fish
 Fresh or Frozen
 Whole or cut
 Whatever the customer orders! Great Service and cheap prices!!
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COMMUNITY  
TEENAGER   APPEAL
 Come be part of doing an act of kindness for OUR
soldiers
VOLUNTEER  TONIGHT, to write “a note from the
heart” to our soldiers in the south.
Your notes will be added to parcels which will be
delivered to our soldiers
Date: Today, Tuesday 20 November. Time: 19.30•  
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We
have been given approval to organize food (snacks, baked goods….) and drinks
to take to my son’s base in the South on the border
His
group are 130 soldiers who have been waiting for 8 days and their base is
running out of food and drinks
I
will be leaving in the morning and would appreciate any donations that can be
dropped off at my house.

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Friday 9-2pm products from the South including food, clothing,
jewelry, organics and more will be sold in the courtyard of Yad L’Banim
enabling Raanana residents to actively show their support for small businesses
from the South attempting to make a living under the current circumstances.
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Hi
everyone, shavoua tov. I have had a request from the lady on our yishuv who
packages bags for soldiers during war and peaceful times for men’s deodorant and
toothpaste.
These
items are very expensive here and during the last war when I sent the same
request you guys gave very generously and even though the war thank G-d seems
to be over, many thousands are still on the borders and in bases. And are to
remain on alert for months to come, and so I have been asked if you could ask
friends, dentists anyone u know who can provide supplies

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Victory For Israel
Israel’s
armed forces were ready at a moments notice to protect our country, our people
and our land. Over 60,000 soldiers were put on notice and reported for duty
when called, despite primitive living conditions, leaving their families and
jobs and danger of falling rockets.  
When it
was determined that a ground war was not going to be necessary, thankfully
there were very few casualties and our army had proved their abilities and most
of our soldiers have been sent home or back to their regularly scheduled army
service.
Victory for Standing Together
Just as our army was ready instantaneously, so was Standing
Together’s army of volunteers.  With Drop Off points all over Jerusalem,
Bet Shemesh, Gush Etzion and as far as Petach Tikvah and Yad Binyamin, we
collected thousands and thousands of packaged foods, toiletries and warm items
for our soldiers. Despite the danger, we had many volunteers accompany us to
the border to help with distribution.
Financial help came from all over the world and we were able to
purchase thousands of pairs of socks and gloves for the soldiers. Thank you to
everyone for your contributions.
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Thank G-d, there have not been any more rockets
fired at Israel this week. However, the physical and emotional damage done,
as well as the loss of business is still very real for the residents
of southern Israel.

Kol Hakavod to everyone who has participated in
the “pizza project.” As of now close to 1000 pies have been ordered and sent
to families/ soldiers in the south. Pies were ordered from all over Israel,
the states, Germany, England…. I have been hearing how thankful the
recipients have been, and the pizza stores are thankful as well.

Let’s keep this going and send the message to the
residents of the south
that even when they are not in the headlines they
are still in our thoughts and prayers.
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Dear Beit Knesset members,
Our Tenth Grade Bnei Akiva volunteer group is
raising money to help the residents of the South who lost income during
Operation Pillar of Defense.  We have contacted a number of bakeries and a
candy store in the South and we would like to help them sell their products to
you.  We will be knocking on doors this coming Tuesday (December 4)
between 3:30 PM and 5:00 PM to take orders.  You can also order by phone
before Wednesday (December 5).  The orders will be delivered on Friday
December 21. 

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Tizku
l’mitzvot. May we all merit to continue doing more mitzvot. As we all know, and can see, one
good deed leads to another. 


















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Published by Nicole Nathan Bem

I am a writer and editor. When I moved to Israel with my family in 2005, I decided to create this blog, wanting to capture the intensity of living in this land. Days are never static; they are vibrant and there is a depth of emotion here that I feel nowhere else. These pages are my honest reflection and observations of life in Israel as an Anglo immigrant.

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