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Shalom Aleichem everyone. I hope you're
doing amazing wherever you are and I
really hope you are taking advantage of
the month of Elul
focusing on your teshuvah and preparing
yourself the right way to Rosh Hashanah.
I hope you joined us on the teshuvah
journey, teshuvah 26, and you're
following the classes and following the
instructions. And if you haven't, it's
never too late to join. You can find all
these videos on my YouTube channel under
the live channel
under the live tab or on my website at
smooth.org {forward slash} teshuvah-26.
All the videos are there. Even if you
came late, you can still join. And I
really hope you are really focusing on
your teshuvah throughout Elul. Next
week, I'm arriving in Miami and I'm
going to have a few lectures in Miami so
you can come and see me in person. And
these lectures will be live broadcast on
my YouTube channel. So, watch out for
the
notifications about it. And of course,
these lectures are all we're going to be
focusing on many, many different topics,
amazing topics about Elul and how to
better ourselves, how to prepare to to
Rosh Hashanah, how to make sure that
next year is going to be a blessed year
full of success and happiness. So, I
hope you can join me if if not in
person, then live. And of course, these
lectures will be recorded and posted on
my YouTube.
And I really hope that you are following
the teshuvah journey that we set for us
through the month of Elul. I know
thousands of people are following and we
get amazing, amazing feedback. So, you
can definitely check it out on
smooth.org {forward slash} teshuvah-26.
And the the classes that the that I do,
they go live. So, I really hope you are
following it. And if you haven't, then
in one of the last classes, we were
learning that on Elul, we need to focus
on three things, three major things that
we need to focus on that eventually on
Yom Kippur, we're going to be screaming
them.
The first one was is tfilah, is
teshuvah, tfilah, u'tzedakah. Ma'avirin
et ro'a ha'gzeirah.
Repentance,
prayer, and charity remove the evil of
the decree. That's what we're going to
be screaming on Yom Kippur when we want
to Hashem to forgive us and to bless us
with an amazing amazing year. So, in the
month of Elul, we have to do all three.
So, teshuvah, that's what we're doing
during the entire month of Elul. We're
in the teshuvah journey that we started.
We're learning how to do teshuvah, how
to focus on teshuvah, how to set goals,
and set
uh uh
not only goals, but to to have a vision
of where I want to reach.
I'm working on my teshuvah.
The second one is t'filah, it's prayer.
And of course, we're increasing in the
month of Elul in prayers and tehillim
and many other things and that sort of
course, including also learning Torah.
And the last one is tzedakah, is
charity. That we have to increase in the
month of Elul in a lot of acts of
kindness and a lot of charity.
So, today I have a special request. I'm
reaching out because a few weeks ago, we
started raising money for three
weddings, for three orphans in Israel.
And since then, baruch Hashem, we're
able to raise exactly 2/3 of our goal.
Our goal is $30,000, $10,000 per
wedding. And up until now, we raised
exactly a little bit over 20,000. So,
we're missing $10,000 to make to cover
the third wedding. One of the weddings
was already last week. And the next
weddings are coming, b'ezrat Hashem.
And
uh I wanted to share with you the
opportunity because
what a huge opportunity on the month of
Elul when we need to increase in
charity, and we want to add as much as
mitzvot and as much as acts of kindness
to to our
resume before we're coming to Rosh
Hashanah. So, what a wonderful
opportunity to grab this powerful
mitzvah of helping these orphans in
Eretz Israel get married with the
Oshumri Torah and mitzvot, Shumrei
Shabbat.
And it's not a big amount, and you can
participate in a huge huge huge mitzvah.
You're coming into the month of Tishrei,
you're coming into Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur with a massive massive mitzvah.
And uh of course, to make it more
interesting, and since we want to raise
the money as fast as possible, then
we're offering a few uh amazing gifts
for the ones who want to pledge and and
donate a thousand dollars, uh then we're
offering
three wines of my own wine from Israel
that we're going to ship to you if you
live in Israel or the United States.
You will get an hour, a meeting, a
face-to-face meeting with me or either
through the phone or Zoom.
The bride and groom are going to pray
for you on the day of the wedding and
mention names. And we have a few other
goodies uh
uh that you can find on our page. But
for the ones of you who want to really
grab an amazing amazing mitzvah before
Rosh Hashanah, this is the mitzvah you
want to grab. And even if you can't do
the thousand dollars in one shot, then
you can pledge for the thousand dollars
and do it in payments in ten bit
payments of a hundred a hundred for ten
months or whatever you want.
But I highly recommend to grab this
mitzvah. Now, if you can't afford such
an amount, then any amount that you can
give will be amazing. You can submit
your names, and I will pray on your
behalf for whatever you need, parnassah,
well-being, shalom bayit. And
and
visit the page at smudat.org/weddings.
The link is underneath this video where
you'll see
the options where you can donate. But
participate today.
Join us. It's a huge mitzvah that you
can add to your to your bag of mitzvot
to enter this coming year. The mitzvah
of tzedakah, the mitzvah of of of
hachnasat kallah. It's not a big amount.
We only need if we have 10 uh
people who will pledge the thousand,
that's it. Within an hour, we finish the
campaign, we have the money, we pass it
on, and and we're done. But, I I
recommend and and and urge everybody
participate. Even if you don't have
much, even if you have $5, just
participate so you can have a share in
this huge huge mitzvah right before Rosh
Hashanah. So, the links are underneath
these videos. Go to the page, submit
your donation. Look at the the gifts
that we're offering. I'm offering that
because that's how much I want to finish
with it and help these couples, and and
and l'zecher to give the merits to
everyone who wants to participate in
this huge mitzvah. Share this video.
Share it with your loved ones. And grab
this huge mitzvah
before you're walking into Rosh Hashanah
because
we need We need as many many mitzvot to
do in the month of Elul. And in the
month of Elul, we increase in prayer, we
increase in in in teshuvah, but we have
to increase in tzedakah, and that's an
unbelievable opportunity. And b'ezrat
Hashem, with that merit, with that
help, that charity, may Hashem bless you
with an amazing year full of happiness
and success and strong health
and parnassah and livelihood and peace
in your heart and love to Hashem, and
may you grow spiritually and physically,
and your entire family should be
protected, and may Hashem bless you in
everything that you need in the merit of
this this mitzvah. Hashem should give
you everything that your heart desires,
protect you wherever you are, bless you
in the next coming year with
unbelievable shefa of kindness and
mercy, and may you find your goal, find
your purpose,
walk on the path that you need to walk
on, and b'ezrat Hashem, may you and your
family have a shanah tovah and Gmar
Chatima Tova. And may
may we all be blessed with having the
merit to see the coming of Mashiach very
soon Hashem. Thank you so much for your
support. Please share this video. Links
are underneath this video and don't miss
out on this huge huge huge mitzvah.