Finished my first 50 mitzvahs…

47) Referred a friend to someone who can help her find a new job.
48) Gave a friend’s daughter a ride home after school since my friend was sick.
49) Donated the money from our bottle return to my daughter’s elementary school. When I mentioned this to my husband he thought the mitzvah should be his since [...]

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Glossary of Terms

I was asked to include this in my blog.
I will start by adding words I know I have used and as I write more I will add more terms.
mitzvah – a righteous or good deed (plural is mitzvot or in my case mitzvahs)
Rabbi – Jewish spiritual leader
Rebbetzin – a Rabbi’s wife
simcha – happy occasion
Shabbat [...]

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Mitzvahs from last week 44, 45 and 46

It has been several days since I had a chance to blog and I was feeling badly about that. I was thinking I haven’t really done that many mitzvahs in the past couple of days. Then I remembered that last week I spent two days volunteering at school. Had lunch with my daughter at school [...]

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What goes around comes around…

I have been using this phrase around my house for many years. It relates to doing the right thing and knowing that if you do the right thing other good things will come back to you. I knew that my daughter has heard this phrase but I guess I didn’t realize how well she understood [...]

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Volunteering at the school

Author Eric Kimmel, Solomon and I
42&43) Last Wednesday, was a truly wonderful day. My daughter’s media specialist – librarian – had arranged to have author  Eric Kimmel as our special author in residence. I brought my son who attends a different school to join the morning session. He loved his special outing to hear Mr. [...]

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Don’t hold a grudge… it’s a mitzvah.

41) Two weeks ago on Friday, I frequented a salon that I have been going to for a couple of years. I had a cold and had called earlier in the day to see if I could reschedule before the following Wednesday but there were no other appointments. So I wasn’t feeling all that well [...]

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Occasions for Giving Tzedakah (Charity)

I loved this list and thought I would include it in my blog.
Occasions for Giving Tzedakah
(in addition to, or as one aspect of a regular pattern of giving) by Danny Siegel. (I tweaked it slightly.)
A. Concerning other People

In honor of a birth, brit milah, baby naming, bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, confirmation, wedding, anniversary, or other [...]

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Sharing the Mitzvahs of others

A friend called me on Friday afternoon after reading my blog that day. She was excited to tell me that she had actually helped the same man (I presume) that I did by tying his shoes. She also received money and planned to use it for Tzedakah (charity) . How fun to be able to [...]

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Maimonides says…

My friend Michelle and I met on Friday,I was excited when she lent me a book by Danny Siegel chairman of Ziv Tzedakah. It is called Gym Shoes and Irises and was written in 1982. It has lots of interesting quotes and ideas that I enjoyed. I am sure I will refer to his work [...]

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Visiting an elderly neighbor

38) Friday – Went to visit an elderly neighbor recovering from an illness.
39) Returned to visit the neighbor the next day with my husband who hadn’t been able to see her in a while.
40) Picked up several pieces of paper littering our neighborhood on a walk today.

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