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Hi everyone and welcome to Week 2 of the AOK program beginning Sunday September 4, 2011. This week theme is about appreciating others. What better way to follow up with this idea than encouraging us all to appreciate everyone we come in contact with. In Chovos Halvovos (10:7) it says that whenever our mind is free we should make a conscious effort to focus on the good that Hashem has bestowed upon us. Focusing on what we have and being thankful for it is an incredibly powerful tool for happiness and connection. When we think of all we have and feel thankful, we see the world in a different light. Rather than becoming depressed about what we lack, we focus on the bounty of good that has been bestowed upon us and suddenly feel blessed, exhilarated and fortunate. Not only does this work with our relationship with Hashem but with others as well. When we express our appreciation to others for anything they do we accomplish at least two things; an appreciation for the good in our lives and giving the other person a feeling of being appreciated. When others feel our appreciation, they feel good about themselves and want to do more acts of loving kindness because it created good will and feeling. Our goal this week is to focus on the good that is done all around us and for us. Thank you very much! Tzipora Harris, Shuli Kleinman and Leah Greenman 
Pls mark your calendars - Elaine and Yossi Farber will be hosting their annual Yehuda Memorial Bikur Cholim Bake Sale, beginning on: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. The bake sale is to benefit the Yehuda Mem. Bikur Cholim, which sets up rooms (near the hospitals) for frum people, who have family members in the hospital. B'ezras Hashem, I will be giving my Chodesh Elul Shiur at the bake sale (there will be no other monthly shiur at my home this month). The Shiur will take place, Iy'H, on SUNDAY, SEPT. 25 AT 8p.m. Topic: "What does it mean to be a Daf Aleph Jew? Preparing Ourselves for Yom haDin" The Farber residence is at 333 Buckingham Court, Cedarhurst. In addition, Elaine has requested that if anyone is able to help her bake for this worthy cause, to pls contact her directly. She can be reached at efarb1215@yahoo.com or on her cell phone, at 516 376 4438 Tizku l'mitzvos We look forward to greeting you then! Elaine Farber & Michal Horowitz
(as always - feel free to pls forward this email to anyone who might be interested, esp. so this time, for the benefit of a most worthy tzedaka cause. Ty!)
THERE IS A WELL KNOWN CONCEPT IN THE JEWISH NEW YEAR: TESHUVAH, TEFILAH AND TZEDAKAH MAAVIRIN AT ROAH HAGIZAYRAH. Translated: Repentance, prayer and Charity ameliorate a harsh decree from heaven. We address the component of Tefilah when we say Tehilim for those who are ill on our Aviva Aryeh, AH Tehilim list. We address the component of Teshuvah, when we reach out to others in positiive way that is Mikadesh Shame Shamayim, that sanctifies G-d's name, and brings unity to our fellow Jews. We repent for Sinat Chinam/baseless hatred that destroyed our temple. We do this as part of our Sarit Marton, AH Ahavas Yisrael Initiative. 
DONATE TO THE LEVI YITZCHAK LIBRARY Five Towns Weather Wednesday Night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 67. East wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Thursday: Showers likely, mainly before 10am. Cloudy, with a high near 77. East wind between 8 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Northeast wind between 10 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Friday: A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 30%. 
Click pic for more information. ************ WORLDWIDE TEHILIM GROUP L'ZECHER NISHMAT AVIVA ARYEH, AH, AVIVA RACHEL BAS EMANUEL V'MALKAH. For more information, please call Michal at 718-338-0209 or e-mail moreshesaviva@aol.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The Aryeh family, with the support and generosity of family and friends, established the Aviva Rachel Aryeh Foundation in May 2006. In continuance of Aviva's passion to help her fellow teenage girls overcome emotional, educational, and sociological obstacles, the foundation has been dedicated to providing assistance to high-school girls for the enhancement of their educational success. This includes financial assistance for often overlooked expenses, such as psychological evaluations and treatment, educational evaluations and tutoring, and the purchase of essential schoolbooks and supplies. For more information and to request an application, please call 516-505-7334. To donate, make checks payable to Aviva Rachel Aryeh Foundation, 274 Elm Street, West Hempstead, New York 11552
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PLEASE WRITE "TEHILIM LIST". THE SHAYNA RAIZEL BAS LEAY COMMUNITY TEHLIM LIST CLICK HERE Please forward this email to all your friends worldwide and we will extend our Tehilim mitzvah worldwide. *************** פרק קכא א שִׁיר לַֽמַּֽעֲלוֹת אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל־הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִֽי : ב עֶזְרִי מֵעִם יְהֹוָה עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָֽרֶץ : ג אַל־יִתֵּן לַמּוֹט רַגְלֶךָ אַל־יָנוּם שֹֽׁמְרֶֽךָ : ד הִנֵּה לֹא יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל : ה יְהֹוָה שֹׁמְרֶךָ יְהֹוָה צִלְּךָ עַל־יַד יְמִינֶֽךָ : ו יוֹמָם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לֹֽא־יַכֶּכָּה וְיָרֵחַ בַּלָּֽיְלָה : ז יְֽהוָה יִשְׁמָרְךָ מִכָּל־רָע יִשְׁמֹר אֶת־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ : ח יְֽהוָה יִֽשְׁמָר־צֵאתְךָ וּבוֹאֶךָ מֵֽעַתָּה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם : Psalms Chapter 121 1. A Song of Maalot. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where does my help come? 2. My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth! 3. He will not let your foot be moved; he who watches you will not slumber! 4. Behold, he who watches Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep! 5. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade upon your right hand! 6. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night! 7. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; he shall preserve your soul! 8. The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and for evermore!
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