Fwd: Become an ongoing partner in The Machlis Experience!

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A fantastic home of Hachnosas Orchim!  Many Yeshiva boys and Seminary girls in their year in Israel have to scramble around for a place for Shabbos including our sons and daughters from Brooklyn, NY.  They have found a welcoming home at the Machlis's together with Baalei Teshuva and people from all walks of life. It's an experience.  Wall to wall. It's amazing how much Chesed they have accomplished with such limited resources.  Hashem provides and we will benefit greatly to be a partner with the Machlis's.

Shabbat Shalom!

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From: Chesed L'Orchim Machlis in Jerusalem <chesed.lorchim@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:21 PM
Subject: Become an ongoing partner in The Machlis Experience!
To: chesed l'orchim <chesed.lorchim@gmail.com>


As you know, Rabbi Mordechai and Henny Machlis have spent their entire married lives fully devoted to the service of others. To whatever extent you know them personally and have seen them at work you know how unparalleled they are as paragons of selfless chesed, love and giving to everyone. Personally, I've never experienced anyone quite like them.

With 14 kids and full time jobs they don't have the ability to fundraise for all of the kindness that they dispense. They host beautiful, lavish Shabbat celebrations in their home each and every week where everyone is invited, made to feel fully at home and shown what a Jewish home in Jerusalem is like. They clothe, feed and house anywhere from a few to hundreds of poor, homeless and otherwise in-distress people on a regular basis - people who have no family except the Machlises and no home except the one at 137-26 Maalot Dafna (the Machlis's). They dispense over 12,000 meals a year, host a kiddush at the Western Wall every Shabbat, hold Torah Study sessions at least once a week in their home, care for orphans, widows, poor brides and the mentally or physically ill, etc, etc, etc.

As a one-stop charity, offered with a full, sincere and loving heart, there's none like them.

You're receiving this email because you're one of the very few people who has contributed to their cause and chosen to have them represent you through your generous choice to help fund them.

Rabbi Machlis just completed his semester of teaching at Lev HaTorah and at Bar Ilan University and has taken this week of pre-Passover vacation to throw himself into the difficult and thankless task of attempting to raise funds so that he can continue his and his wife's holy work.

Thanks to you and only to you the Machlises haven't closed down this past year or lost their home. Years of neglecting to raise funds for their manifold charitable works however have them remaining in the red and continuing to struggle to raise each week's budget from week to week. Please join me in putting an end to their financial instability by becoming partners with them and by letting others know about the opportunity to become partners with the Machlises as well.

There's so much more that the Machlises would do if only they had the resources for it. Right now however, they're struggling to raise the $240,000 yearly budget required simply to sustain the many chesed programs they already engage in on a daily basis.

Please consider joining me in becoming a part of The Jerusalem Machlis Experience through an ongoing modest donation as either a
Chai Member
Sponsor
Silver Partner or
Gold Partner

And please take a moment to consider whether a friend or acquaintance would be similarly interested in joining us as well. Feel free to forward or publish this email wherever you believe it may do some good.



Chai Member - Your contribution of $18 a month provides food, clothing and housing for a homeless person for one day each month in the loving and wise care of the Machlis family.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GY2CP2T5A9U2L




Sponsor - Your contribution of $36 a month covers the cost of three sumptuous 5-course Shabbat meals each month to students and visitors interested in catching a glimpse of what Jewish life is like in Jerusalem these days. The good will and appreciation created by this kindness to visitors goes a very long way towards improving the world and Israel's situation within it.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=XKCQZ7CWCYNXQ




Silver Partner - Your contribution of $100 a month provides full and complete sponsorship of an entire table for 8 guests each month. Each and every month, one table will be wholly in your honor and solely thanks to you.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4S8JMU3W8GH2G




Gold Partner - Your contribution of $100 a week makes you a weekly part of the Machlis Shabbat Experience as each and every week one full table of 8 will be entirely thanks to you. You have an unparalleled part to play in The Machlis Experience, week after week.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=385MKRYJ5Z6ZW




May you and yours be blessed with the most beautiful Passover and wondrously happy, joyous and meaningful lives filled with good deeds and with the knowledge of all of the thousands of good deeds that are done by the Machlis family thanks to your personal support.

Moshe



www.themachliscampaign.com

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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
This email  is L'Ilui Nishmat  Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.  

Fwd: TZC-Newsletter-March-19-2010-PDF-Format Parshat Vayikra

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From: tzc@torzc.org <tzc@torzc.org>
Date: Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:24 AM
Subject: TZC-Newsletter-March-19-2010-PDF-Format
To:

SHABAT SHALOM!

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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
This email  is L'Ilui Nishmat  Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.  

Maos Chitim Campaign for Yesha communities - coordinated by Alan Hirsh

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As many of you know Alan Hirsh of Brooklyn has done a phenomenal job raising funds for Maos Chitim in Yesha.

Supporting Maos Chitim in Yehudah and Shomron sends Obama and Netanyahu the message that we support  Jewish settlement in ALL parts of Israel as per our Biblical entitlement and heritage.  (perhaps if he gets this message he won't even start up in Jerusalem)  For more information on contributing please call the number below or you can email me as well.  Last year some of the monies that were necessary were borrowed  and raised after the fact.    Let's help Alan Hirsh make sure he can cover his costs. Thanks! Robin

Sent by Alan Hirsh, of Brooklyn, NY coordinator  of Kimche D'Pische campaign in Yesha. :

Last year we succeeded in distributing over 10,000 lb's of Shmural Matzoh
6,500  Bottles of Grape Juice
1,200  bottles of wine.
4 Tons of chickens
3 Tons Meat
10 tons  potatoes
5 Tons vegetables
10,000 lollipops.
$100,000 in checks to needy families in the most way out places in Israel.

Places in Judea and Samaria that have benefited and will iy"h benefit include:

Hebron, Kiryat Arba, Gush Etzion, Yitzhar, Itamar, Shvut Rachel, Chavat Gilad, Shilo, Elon Moreh, Nokdim, Neve Daniel, Maale Amos and hundreds of hilltops!

Please make your check to
Congregation Bnai Israel
3190 Bedford Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Earmark for: Matzoh Fund
For additional information
Call 718-377-8016

We have Absolutely ZERO Expenses!

In Brooklyn Checks or Cash may be dropped off at: Linicks Toys - 4811 13th Ave. Boro Park
Nosh Express 2817 Nostrand Ave. Flatbush

Last year after Pesach beautiful thank you letters in English were sent by Chana Leah of Kiryat Arba/Hebron as well as Rabbi Daniel Kohen of Bat Ayin and Rabbi Moshe Goldsmith Mayor of Itamar.

Tizku LeMitzvot!



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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
This email  is L'Ilui Nishmat  Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.  

You NEED to have a plan- in case of terror attack - please pass on.

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"Paul Brody, MD" <pbskinmd@optonline.net>,
Thank you Paul Brody for sending this to me.

> Juval  Aviv is the Israeli Agent upon whom the movie '  Munich '
> was based.
> He was Golda Meir's  bodyguard - she appointed him to track down
> and
> bring to justice the Palestinian terrorists who  took the Israeli
> athletes
> hostage and killed  them during the Munich Olympic  Games.
>
>
> In  a lecture in New York City a few weeks ago, he  shared
> information that
> EVERY American needs to  know -- but that our government has not
> yet
> shared with us.
>
>
> He  predicted the London subway bombing on the Bill  O'Reilly show
> on Fox
> News stating publicly that  it would happen within a week...  At
> the  time,
> O'Reilly laughed and mocked him, saying  that in a week he wanted
> him back on
> the show.  But, unfortunately, within a week the  terrorist attack
> had
> occurred.
>
>
> Juval  Aviv gave intelligence (via what he had gathered  in Israel
> and the
> Middle East ) to the Bush  Administration about 9/11 a month before
> it
> occurred.  His report specifically said  they would use planes as
> bombs and
> target high  profile buildings and monuments.  Congress  has since
> hired him as
> a security  consultant.
>
>
> Now  for his future predictions...  He predicts  the next terrorist
> attack
> on the U.S. will  occur within the next few  months.
>
>
> Forget  hijacking airplanes, because he says terrorists  will NEVER
> try and
> hijack a plane again as they  know the people onboard will never go
> down
> quietly again.  Aviv believes our airport  security is a joke --
> that we have
> been  reactionary rather than proactive in developing  strategies
> that are
> truly  effective..
>
>
> For  example:
>
>
> 1)  Our airport technology is out-dated.  We  look for metal, and
> the new
> weapons and  explosives are made of  plastic.
>
>
> 2)  He talked about how some idiot tried to light  his shoe on
> fire.
> Because of that, now everyone  has to take off their shoes.  A
> group of  idiots
> tried to bring aboard liquid explosives.  Now we can't bring
> liquids on board.
> He says he's waiting for some suicidal  maniac to pour liquid
> explosive on
> his  underwear; at which point, security will have us  all
> traveling naked!
> Every strategy we  have is reactionary...
>
>
> We  only focus on security when people are heading  to the gates.
> Aviv
> says that if a  terrorist attack targets airports in the future,
> they will
> target busy times on the front end of  the airport when/where
> people are
> checking in.  It would be easy for someone to take two  suitcases
> of explosives,
> walk up to a busy  check-in line, ask a person next to them to
> watch their
> bags for a minute while they run to  the restroom or get a drink
> and then
> detonate  the bags BEFORE security even gets involved.  In Israel ,
> security
> checks bags BEFORE  people can even ENTER the  airport.
>
>
>
> Aviv  says the next terrorist attack here in America  is imminent
> and will
> involve suicide bombers and  non-suicide bombers in places where
> large
> groups  of people congregate.  (I. E., Disneyland,  Las Vegas
> casinos, big cities
> New York, San  Francisco, Chicago, etc...) and that it will  also
> include
> shopping malls, subways in rush  hour, train stations, etc., as
> well as rural
> America this time ( Wyoming , Montana ,  etc.).
>
>
> The  attack will be characterized by simultaneous  detonations
> around the
> country (terrorists like  big impact), involving at least 5-8
> cities,
> including rural areas.
>
>
> Aviv  says terrorists won't need to use suicide  bombers in many of
> the
> larger cities, because at  places like the MGM Grand in Las Vegas,
> they can
> simply valet park a car loaded with explosives  and walk away.
>
>
> Aviv  says all of the above is well known in  intelligence circles,
> but
> that our U. S.  Government does not want to 'alarm American
> citizens' with the
> facts.  The world is  quickly going to become 'a different place',
> and
> issues like 'global warming' and political  correctness will become
> totally
> irrelevant.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On  an encouraging note, he says that Americans  don't have to be
> concerned
> about being nuked.  Aviv says the terrorists who want to  destroy
> America
> will not use sophisticated  weapons. They like to use suicide as a
> front-line approach.  It's cheap, it's  easy, it's effective; and
> they have an
> infinite  abundance of young militants more than willing  to 'meet
> their destiny'.
>
>
>
>
> He  also says the next level of terrorists, over  which America
> should be
> most concerned, will not  be coming from abroad.  But will be,
> instead,
> 'homegrown' Muslims- having attended  and been educated in our own
> schools and
> universities right here in the U.S.  He  says to look for
> 'students' who
> frequently  travel back and forth to the Middle East.  These young
> terrorists
> will be the most  dangerous because they will know our language
> and will
> fully understand the habits of  Americans; but that we Americans
> won't
> know/understand a thing about  them.
>
>
> Aviv  says that, as a people, Americans are unaware  and uneducated
> about
> the terrorist threats we  will, inevitably, face from Muslims, both
> natural
> born or recently converted American born  students..   America
> still has
> only  have a handful of Arabic and Farsi speaking  people in our
> intelligence
> networks and Aviv  says it is critical that we change that fact,
> and SOON.
>
>
> So,  what can America do to protect itself?  From an intelligence
> perspective, Aviv  says the U.S. needs to stop relying on
> satellites and technology
> for intelligence.  We need to, instead, follow Israel 's,  Ireland
> 's and
> England 's hands-on examples of  human intelligence, both from an
> infiltration
> perspective as well as to trust 'aware' citizens  to help.  We
> need to
> engage and educate  ourselves as citizens; however, our U. S.
> government
> continues to treat us, its citizens,  'like babies' and demand that
> we be
> 'politically  correct' and not single out Middle Easterners  and
> Muslims.  Our
> government thinks we  'can't handle the truth' and are concerned
> that  we'll
> panic if we understand the realities of  terrorism.  Aviv says this
> is a deadly
> mistake.
>
>
> Aviv  recently created/executed a security test for  our Congress,
> by
> placing an empty briefcase in  five well-traveled spots in five
> major cities.
> The results?  Not one person called  911 or sought a policeman to
> check it
> out... in  fact, in Chicago, someone tried to steal the  briefcase!
>
>
> In  comparison, Aviv says that citizens of Israel  are so well
> 'trained'
> that an unattended bag or  package would be reported in seconds by
> citizen(s)
> who know to publicly shout,  'Unattended Bag!'  The area would be
> quickly
> & calmly cleared by the citizens  themselves.  But, unfortunately,
> America
> hasn't been yet 'hurt enough' by terrorism for  their government to
> fully
> understand the need to  educate its citizens or for the government
> to
> understand that it's their citizens who are,  inevitably, the best
> first-line of
> defense  against terrorism.
>
>
> Aviv  also was concerned about the high number of  children here in
> America
> who were in preschool  and kindergarten after 9/11, who were 'lost'
>
> without parents being able to pick them up, and  about our schools
> that had no
> plan in place to  best care for the students until parents could
> get there.
> (In New York City , this was  several days, in some  cases!)
>
>
> He  stresses the importance of having a plan, that's  agreed upon
> within
> your family, to respond to in  the event of a terrorist emergency.
> He  urges
> parents to contact their children's  schools and demand that the
> schools,
> too,  develop plans of actions, as they do in Israel  ..
>
>
> Does  your family know what to do if you can't contact  one another
> by
> phone?  Where would you  gather in an emergency?  He says we should
> all have a
> plan that is easy enough for even our  youngest children to
> remember and
> follow.
>
>
> Aviv  says that the U. S. government has in force a  plan that, in
> the
> event of another terrorist  attack, will immediately cut-off
> EVERYONE's  ability
> to use cell phones, blackberries, etc.,  as this is the preferred
> communication source  used by terrorists and is often the way that
> their bombs are
> detonated.
>
>
> How will  you communicate with your loved ones in the  event you
> cannot
> speak?  You need to have a  plan.
>
>
> If  you understand what you have just read,  then you must feel
> compelled
> to send to every  concerned parent or guardian, grandparents,
> uncles, aunts,
> whatever and whomever.  Nothing will happen if you choose not to
> do so,
> but in the event it does happen, this  particular email will haunt
> you..."I
> should have  sent this to...".  and
> didn't..............................

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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
This email  is L'Ilui Nishmat  Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.  

Women in Green mourns the passing of Izzy Kaplan, of blessed memory

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From: Women in Green <wfit2@womeningreen.org>
Date: Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 9:03 AM
Subject: Izzy Kaplan, of blessed memory

Dear Friends,

Women in Green mourn the passing of a great Jew, Yisrael-Izzy-Kaplan.
Baruch Dayan Emet.

The funeral was held yesterday Monday in Jerusalem.

Shiva at the home of David and Tiffany Kaplan: Yehuda 196, Modi'in

There are not enough words to describe what a wonderful and special
man  Izzy was. A passionate lover and fighter for the Land of Israel
who dedicated his entire life for Am Yisrael, Erets Yisrael and Torat
Yisrael.

We will always remember him  as we continue the work for the Land of
Israel and the people of Israel. May his memory be a blessing  to all.

Below please find an article about Izzy written by Tzvi Fishman.

To his family and friends we send our condolences. May you be
comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem and may you know no
more sorrow.

Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katsover
Women in Green
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An Example For All of Us
March 16, 2010
by Tzvi Fishman

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/4

This email  is L'Ilui Nishmat  Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.