Tuesday, July 18, 2006
ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES CALL FOR NIGHT OF PRAYER AND TORAH STUDY IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING
ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES CALL FOR NIGHT OF PRAYER AND TORAH STUDY IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING
Responding to the urgent need of American Jews to do whatever they can in support of Israel and her people at this time, the Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America, together with the National Council of Young Israel and the Young Israel Council of Rabbis, have announced the convening of a nationwide Night of Prayer and Torah Study this Wednesday, July 19.
The organizations are asking Jews to gather in their synagogues throughout North America beginning at 9:00 pm E.D.T. (6:00 pm Pacific) for the simultaneous recitation of tehillim (Psalms) and other designated prayers. While many congregations are already adding extra tehillim to their regular services, Jewish tradition places great value in having an entire community raising their voices in unison. With the expectation that several hundred synagogues will participate, many, many thousands of Jews will be united in their prayers at this time. The program’s second segment will be Torah study, also a key means of spiritual support, for which study materials on relevant topics such as the Jewish response to terror, Tehillim, and the mitzvah of pidyon shevuyim, rescuing captives, will be provided on the OU website www.ou.org.
A central service and study session, to be led by OU Executive Vice President Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb at OU headquarters in downtown Manhattan, will be webcast and may be viewed by any synagogue, family or individual who wants to participate in this way at www.ou.org.
The OU has also produced a Seven Point Action Plan, entitled “Israel Under Siege—What You Can Do,” which may be read here .
Further plans for special round-the-clock Torah learning programs with the involvement of OU member synagogues, Young Israel synagogues, the batei midrash and learning programs of Yeshiva University, and the rabbis of the RCA and of YI, will be announced shortly.
To participate or request more information, please email MBleicher@ou.org
Responding to the urgent need of American Jews to do whatever they can in support of Israel and her people at this time, the Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America, together with the National Council of Young Israel and the Young Israel Council of Rabbis, have announced the convening of a nationwide Night of Prayer and Torah Study this Wednesday, July 19.
The organizations are asking Jews to gather in their synagogues throughout North America beginning at 9:00 pm E.D.T. (6:00 pm Pacific) for the simultaneous recitation of tehillim (Psalms) and other designated prayers. While many congregations are already adding extra tehillim to their regular services, Jewish tradition places great value in having an entire community raising their voices in unison. With the expectation that several hundred synagogues will participate, many, many thousands of Jews will be united in their prayers at this time. The program’s second segment will be Torah study, also a key means of spiritual support, for which study materials on relevant topics such as the Jewish response to terror, Tehillim, and the mitzvah of pidyon shevuyim, rescuing captives, will be provided on the OU website www.ou.org.
A central service and study session, to be led by OU Executive Vice President Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb at OU headquarters in downtown Manhattan, will be webcast and may be viewed by any synagogue, family or individual who wants to participate in this way at www.ou.org.
The OU has also produced a Seven Point Action Plan, entitled “Israel Under Siege—What You Can Do,” which may be read here .
Further plans for special round-the-clock Torah learning programs with the involvement of OU member synagogues, Young Israel synagogues, the batei midrash and learning programs of Yeshiva University, and the rabbis of the RCA and of YI, will be announced shortly.
To participate or request more information, please email MBleicher@ou.org
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Also in Melbourne this Wednesday evening:
"Wednesday the 19th of July at 7pm, there will be a short talk given by Rabbi Sprung in the Bnei Akiva Beit Midrash at Mizrachi, followed by some communal Tehillim and the entire book of Tehillim being divided up between everyone present .
We may not be able to pick a weapon and fight the war, but often our prayers, especially communal prayers, are just as, if not more, powerful."
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"Wednesday the 19th of July at 7pm, there will be a short talk given by Rabbi Sprung in the Bnei Akiva Beit Midrash at Mizrachi, followed by some communal Tehillim and the entire book of Tehillim being divided up between everyone present .
We may not be able to pick a weapon and fight the war, but often our prayers, especially communal prayers, are just as, if not more, powerful."
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