Another day closer to Yom Kippur, another dollar richer in Zechuyot (merits)…

The 10 Days of T’Shuva are upon us. It is a time to increase both our Tzedakah and our Chessed (compassion). Connections Israel presents you with an opportunity to combine these two important steps during this period of T’Shuva.

Connections Israel, a Non-Profit Organization based in Jerusalem, working to increase the connection of Jews worldwide with their brethren in Israel, is in the process of building a community center at the intersection of 4 neighborhoods in SDEROT, Israel.

Sderot is a community mainly consisting of immigrants from Russia, North Africa and Ethiopia. Many come to Israel with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. They have suffered from a crippling of their economy, in addition to the emotional upheaval as a result of the over 7 years of missile bombardment coming from Gaza 1 kilometer away. At the juncture of the four neighborhoods in question, there is currently no social center that is safely accessible to the residents of those neighborhoods.

The Community Center Connections Israel plans will convert a vacant 7-store strip into a two-story structure housing 3 Synagogues: Sefaradi, Ashkenazi and Ethiopian. Additionally, there will be a social/activity hall, a tourist center, a museum and a reinforced, protected playground.

Show your compassion by participating in this project, while at the same time helping to build the positive character trait of giving a small amount of Tzedakah per day, just $1 (3.5 nis).

If during each of the 10 days of T’Shuva you set aside $1 (3.5 nis), after Yom Kippur you will have $10 (35 nis) to send to Connections Israel. In terms of money, that is all it takes.

In terms of effort, Connections Israel asks that you share this project with all of your family, friends and communities. Organize your neighbors, your Congregation, your classmates and youth groups, email contacts, and facebook groups in this effort. Pulling together, with the help of G-D, we could raise the necessary funds this Tishrei.

This is a grassroots effort which will allow every Jew to partake in this mitzvah of Chessed and helping to build Eretz Yisroel.

With this World Wide act of building a community center in Sderot we can all have a portion in doing the acts of Ahavat Chinum that will lead to the rebuilding of the Beit HaMikdash, in our time, please HKBH.

For more details email: hillel@ConnectionsIsrael.com or visit:

http://www.connectionsisrael.com/get-involved/sderot-campus-connections-build-it-with-us

Remember: Daily Tzedakah giving can be Good habit forming.

Send cards and letters to families in Sderot along with checks, payable to: Connections Israel to:

Hillel Levin
Connections Israel
P.O. Box 28371
Jerusalem 91283
Israel

May you and all of Klal Yisroel be inscribed and sealed in the Book of Life.