This year our journey through Israel will include: Jerusalem, both the modern-day capital and the Old City; Capernaum and the Sea of Galilee; Mount Carmel and the Golan Heights; the Garden Tomb; Masada and the Dead Sea; and many other exciting biblical sites.

You will also meet with key Israeli leaders, and receive a firsthand introduction to our lifesaving projects (On Wings of Eagles and Guardians of Israel) that you make possible throughout the Holy Land.

And as a special highlight, I look forward to sharing a traditional Sabbath meal with you during our 2009 tour, at which time we will discuss the warm relationship between Jews and Christians who love and support Israel.

Based on the testimonies of the hundreds of Fellowship friends who have participated in our previous tours, I can assure you this year’s tour will be an unforgettable time of blessing, enjoyment, and spiritual growth for you!

I believe you will be deeply touched–and changed–by this journey of a lifetime to the Holy Land.

With prayers for shalom, peace,

With a vision that has been unfolding and mushrooming for twenty years, the Rebbe called for the establishment of Tzivos Hashem in the fall of 1980. Children were a top priority for the Rebbe. Rather, each Jewish child was a top priority for the Rebbe. From his vantage point as world leader and spiritual giant, he understood the intrinsic promise held by children, and he founded Tzivos Hashem to cultivate and nurture them so that they could grow to be strong and healthy in body, mind and soul.

The Rebbe himself would hold communal meetings, which he called rallies, with thousands of children at a time. And it was the Rebbe himself who spoke to the children directly and put great responsibilities on their shoulders. Not only did the Rebbe see children as the promise of a better tomorrow, the Rebbe saw children as the promise for a better today.

Judaism stresses that chinuch, Jewish education, should begin at an early age to prepare for adulthood. The Rebbe emphasized that not only are children’s mitzvos for the sake of practicing for the future, but that their mitzvos, now, while they are young, have significance in and of themselves. Through his confidence in them and his expectations, the Rebbe actually confirmed a child’s self esteem and challenged children to use their inborn strengths and talents for good.

The Tzivos Hashem relationship did not flow in just one direction, of commander to commandee. The soldiers of Tzivos Hashem gave nachas to the Rebbe as he watched them increase their mitzvos and perform them with greater care. And it was the children who were able to identify with and express the Rebbe’s passion to bring the world to peace and goodness, as they would sing for him their theme song:
We Want Moshiach Now.

Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah is a dynamic, innovative and unique institution which has quickly established its reputation as the yeshiva for students who want to learn how to learn on their own. By merging the Torah ideals of a traditional yeshiva with the cutting-edge educational methodology, Yesodei HaTorah is proud to have become an exemplary yeshiva, acclaimed by students, parents, and educators alike.

Discover one of the finest yeshivot in Israel – a yeshiva where you learn how to learn, where you analyze the classics of Torah Judaism, where your individual talents and goals are respected and celebrated, where you study with top-notch educators who give unmatched personal attention. Discover Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah.

“Yesodei HaTorah” means “Foundations of the Torah.” Our carefully designed, systematic skills development curriculum builds the foundation of a life of independent Torah study. Without skills, independent learning is impossible.
We impart the Foundations of Torah – the skills and knowledge on which a Torah life is built.

Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah is the yeshiva in which you become an independently skillful ben Torah. In addition to Gemara, you become closely acquainted with the other foundational texts of Torah Judaism. Our outstanding faculty will teach you the classics of Jewish Philosophy, Chumash with Rashi and Ramban, Nach, Mishnayot, and the central works of Halacha, enabling you to become a knowledgeable, skillful, and well-rounded Jewish adult.

Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah is also well-known for its strong emphasis on your individuality. Every student at Yesodei HaTorah is treated as an individual who has his own unique Torah path, whose independent personality will be celebrated. The yeshiva’s goal is to help you become the finest, most educated Torah Jew you can be, while remaining true to your own individuality and personality.

Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah boasts an exceptionally talented faculty, which prides itself on giving personal attention to every student, and on establishing lasting relationships with each individual in the yeshiva. Our small shiurim and extraordinary faculty-to-student ratio ensure that you become an integral part of the Yesodei HaTorah community.

Kupat Hatzedoko Matan Beseter Elad distributes regular monthly grants as well as vouchers for food and clothing. From time to time the Kupat Hatzedoko awards a large sum of money to particular cases where danger to life is involved. The Kupa has a number of funds to support Kollel students, and large and single-parent families.

The Kupa has a special fund which subsidizes private lessons for children in distress or with learning difficulties. It also has a joint fund with Yad Eliezer and others, too. The Kupa recently set up a fund to help with urgent medical expenses and it has already been instrumental in saving lives.

Gedolei Yisroel have warm words of praise for the Kupat Hatzedoko of Elad. HaRav Aharon Leib Steinman reviews the work of the Kupa and from time to time HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, HaRav Shmuel Auerbach and other well-known rabbonim answer the halachic queries that arise.

The organizers have seen tens of miraculous stories that have occurred in the merit of donations to the Kupat HAIR.

The heads of the Kupa are proud of the fact that other charity organizations have chosen to model themselves on the Kupa of Elad!

“Giving tzedoko to Kupat HAIR Matan Beseter Elad is a big mitzvah,” according to HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, who warmly encourages those who support the Kupat Hatzedoko of the Torah city of Elad.

Moishe Alexander was endorsed this charity and asks for the help of the community to help fund the Vaad Harabbanim

What is The Vaad Harabbanim?

The Vaad Harabbanim is an organization that was founded by Gedolei Hador, shlita, in order to supervise all charitable matters in Israel. Until its inception, there was no real control or organization to charitable donations and causes, with the very number of charitable funds being overwhelming, as well as problems like knowing if one’s donation really reached its goal, how monies were spent, reviews and audits of activities, and more.

As the economic situation worsened, it became even harder to ensure that charitable funds could be properly monitored, especially for large families in the Chareidi sector.

Understanding the scope of the problem, as well as the large number of unsupervised charitable organizations and the growing lack of trust among donors regarding their generosity’s destination, it was decided to establish a single, central organization that would be directed, operated, supervised and audited by dedicated and honest Rabbinical leaders. Each request for help would be carefully examined, criteria would be set, and every case would be followed up and reviewed to ensure honesty, transparency and that a person’s hard-earned donation reached its destination in full.

Thanks to its wide acceptance of the entire Chareidi world, the Vaad was able to establish a much wider donor base and therefore meet many more needs of an ever increasing poor and economically underprivileged population.

And so it was, the Vaad was established, rapidly becoming the largest and most central charity fund in Israel.

The Wheel of Fortune and Salvation

But the results surprised even the founders. Within a very short time, the Vaad’s reputation preceded it, and donations increased ten-fold, with the more veteran Gabbaim saying that the Israel before the founding of the Vaad is totally different than the Israel after the organization’s establishment.

The Vaad still serves as Israel’s largest charity fund, and has become the wheel of fortune and salvation for tens of thousands of tragic cases annually. The Vaad has helped countless widows, orphans, families and individuals overcome abject poverty, broken lives, broken families and dealing with fatal and near-fatal illness. In fact, the Vaad is so comprehensive and broad in its clientele base and so honest and efficient in its distribution of funds, that the Posek Hador Harav Hagaon S. Wozner, shlita, has said: “The Vaad Harabbainim is the very essence of charity in its fullest sense, unlike anything else in history.”

Whom to Give?

Naturally, some of the most difficult and tragic cases come to the Vaad for help, due to its size and scope. Even starving children are not an uncommon sight in the Vaad offices.

And it is certainly no pleasure when the Gabbaim enter a home to investigate a particular request and are greeted with peeling walls, disconnected electricity and phone, worn-out mattresses on the floor, and filthy children dressed in rags, not to mention empty cupboards and refrigerators or a father who works until late leaving a sickly and exhausted wife to cope with children and all the problems.

The only address for such cases is the Vaad, but the activities don’t stop there. Seeing its role as being the largest and most centralized charity fund, the Vaad also handles “regular” needs, like making sure a child receives proper dental care, psychological counseling and the like, which can be no less important than feeding a hungry child.

This dynamic shul led by Rabbi Efraim Levit is a truly inspiring place it has a variety of services it provides to the concord community that are unique and fun. Moishe Alexander wants all of his blog readers to consider giving to this community as well as the other communities under the branches of Jrcc. Their work is unparalleled in the education and social activism in the Jewish Russian community of Toronto. Their goal is to build vibrant Jewish communities for the Jews of the former soviet union. May the Almighty bless the work of the Jrcc and its staff and volunteers.

Location:
51 Ritin Lane, side entrance, Unit 5
Click here for maps & Directions

SERVICES OFFERED:
They offer life cycle (Bris, Bar Mitzva, Chuppah, Funeral…), Mezuzah needs and any jewish needs.
Just Contact us.
Friday evening Shabbat Services & Holiday evenings
Mincha / Maariv
Mincha is 40 minutes before candle lighting time,
Followed by a short speech on the weekly Parsha,
Followed by Kabbalat Shabbat/Mariv

Shabbat & Holiday morning:
9:00 am – Class of Chassidic Discourse, preparation for prayer
10:00 am – Morning services – Shacharit
12:50 pm Followed by sit down Kiddush

Mincha/Maariv
1 hour and 15 minutes before Shabbat ends
Followed by the Seuda Shlishi (3-rd Shabbat meal accompanied by Chassidic melodies and words of Torah)
Followed by Maariv.

Shabbat Mevarchim (Blessing of the new month)
8:00 am – Tehillim
Cheese Danish & Coffee served.

CLASSES OFFERED:
Friday eveings after mincha – Laws of Shabbat (followed by services)
Shabbat at 9:00am – Chassidic Discourse (followed by services)
Click here to visit the JRCC Institute of Jewish Studies

The number for donations is 1-866-221-9352
fax: 718-972-8971
all info: 1-800-221-9352
in israel: 03-671-6994

To hear gedolei hador give brachos:
1-718-303-3794
Press 1 for Maran Hagoan Shmuel Halevi Wosner shlit”a
Press 2 Maran Hagoan Aharon Leib Steinman shlit”a
Press 3 Maran Ha’admor MiBelz shlit”a
Press 4 Maran Hagaon Michel Yehuda Lefkovitz shlit”a
Press 5 Maran Ha’admor MiLelov shlit”a
Press 6 Maran Hagoan Nissim Karelitz shlit”a
Press 7 Maran Ha’admor MiChernobyl shlit”a
Press 8 Maran Hagaon Chaim Kanievsky shlit”a
Press 9 Rebbetzin Kanievsky (for ladies)

From the flyer:

Thursday, October 06, 2005

The Hospital he was in (Good Samaritan in Monsey N.Y.) was unsure about his recovery and placed him in the Critical Care Unit. There were numerous lines going into his body and he looked dreadful. I sent a $1,000 donation to your Tzedakah and within two days he was talking and eating again. He left the hospital about to weeks later and is now at home. From where he was to where he is bespeaks the miraculous.