Mitzvahs for children

504) Called and sent a condolence card to a acquaintance whose father had just died.
505) Sent out Thanksgiving cards to my colleagues to say thank you for a wonderful year.
506) Let a UPS driver turn left in front of me on a cold, rainy evening when no one else was letting him.
507) Called the Rebbetzin [...]

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Thanks is for giving

503) Last night as my family and I came home from visiting the Rebbitzin in the shiva house, we saw this quote on a church billboard. “THANKS IS FOR GIVING.”  I decided I liked this saying very much. Yesterday, we attended services twice at the shiva house. In the morning, I went myself and in [...]

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500 mitzvahs – a continuation of the journey

496) Sent a card to another community member whose husband recently passed away.
497) Called a friend from our community who moved away from Portland to let her know about Rabbi Geller.
498) Gave a donation to the Street Roots vendor.
499) Gave donation for Thanksgiving to Loaves and Fishes.
500) Yesterday was Rabbi Geller’s funeral. It was an [...]

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The passing of a wonderful mentor our Rabbi Yonah Geller

Today, our dear and beloved Rabbi passed away. I heard the news that Rabbi had fallen and was in ICU at the hospital on Wednesday evening when several friends performed mitzvahs of their own and called to let me know. An email had been sent from our synagogue that same day saying that the family [...]

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Wow a newspaper article…

This past week I contacted an old acquaintance to talk about some business and one thing led to another and she wrote an article about the blog and it was published this week. I can’t believe how fast it all happened it was pretty exciting. If you want to read the article it’s from Thursday, [...]

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Giving and Receiving mitzvahs are equally rewarding..

This weeks mitzvahs seemed pretty fun. I love when you do something kind and you feel as good as if you were the recipient of the mitzvah.
479) Picked up trash on my way into the elementary school.
480) Later that same day I picked up a bunch of trash outside of a Baskin Robbins and put [...]

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