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EFFORT TO SUPPORT ISRAELI SOLDIERS IS LAUNCHED</span></font></b></p>
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Tefillah, Torah & Troops” Gets Underway</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>As the members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) battle Hamas
terrorists and Palestinian militants in </span></font>Gaza, leading
international Torah scholars have launched a worldwide effort aimed at
providing them with spiritual support.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“Operation Tefillah, Torah & Troops,” which was launched by Rabbi
Simcha HaCohen Kook, the Chief Rabbi of </span></font>Rehovot, Israel, and the
Bostoner Rebbe (Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz) of Har Nof, Israel, partners
people from around the world with soldiers in the IDF. Each person who
takes part in “Operation Tefillah, Torah & Troops” is paired with an
Israeli soldier, and is responsible to say tefillot (prayers), learn Torah, and
do special acts of chesed (kindness) on behalf of that solider.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Rabbi Kook and the Bostoner Rebbe noted that this concept is one that
has been a part of the Jewish people for thousands of years. When Moshe
Rabbeinu (Moses) led the Jewish people to war with the nation of Midyon, for
every person who went to battle, there was a designated person who was responsible
for praying and learning for him. Throughout his reign, David HaMelech
(King David) utilized this practice as well. During the war in </span></font>Lebanon
in the summer of 2006, more than 50,000 people worldwide participated in this
initiative spearheaded by Rabbi Kook and the Bostoner Rebbe, and facilitated in
North America by the National Council of Young Israel.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>To participate in “Operation Tefillah, Torah & Troops” and receive
the name of an Israeli soldier who needs your prayers, send an e-mail to the
office of Rabbi Kook at <font color=black><span style='color:black'><a
href="mailto:maortlmo@gmail.com?subject=WORLDWIDE%20EFFORT%20TO%20SUPPORT%20ISRAELI%20SOLDIERS&body=Please%20send%20me%20a%20name%20of%20an%20Israeli%20soldier%20so%20I%20can%20daven%20%28pray%29%20for%20him%20or%20her%0D%0A%0D%0AMay%20G-D%20watch%20over%20our%20Chayalim">maortlmo@gmail.com</a>. To
request the name of a soldier by phone or fax, call </span></font>the National
Council of Young Israel at 212-929-1525 x100, or send a fax to
212-727-9526. Members of the IDF who wish to have a “partner” praying for
them a re urged to e-mail the office of Rabbi Kook as well.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Rabbi Pesach Lerner, the Executive Vice President of the National
Council of Young Israel, noted that every tefillah that is said on behalf of a soldier
will make a difference, regardless of where a person may be in religious
observance.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“Each soldier that is putting his or her life on the line to defend the
land of Israel and safeguard the Jewish nation deserves to have someone praying
for their well being and safe return,” said Rabbi Lerner, “During my
conversations with Rabbi Kook, he emphasized that every Jew is encouraged to
participate in this critical endeavor and to pray for a soldier in a manner in
which they feel comfortable, irrespective of their religious background.” </span></font></p>
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