Ahead of the High Holy Days, the Yad L'Achim organization focuses on the hundreds of Israeli children growing up in Arab villages completely disconnected from Judaism. • Ahead of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the names of those who donate to the mitzvah of redeeming captives will be passed on for prayer at three holy places.
There are sentences that we know almost by heart. Five years old for the Bible, thirteen years old for the mitzvot. These are the natural stations on which a Jewish child grows, from the first time he opens a book of the Torah to the day he enters the yoke of Torah and mitzvot.
But there are Jewish children for whom these stations may simply pass by. Without a Bible, without a Bar Mitzvah, without the natural connection to the tradition of the Jewish people.
Hundreds of Israeli children are growing up in Arab villages completely disconnected from Judaism, and need someone to help bring them back into the bosom of their people.
Behind the words 'redemption of captives' stands a complex daily activity. The people of 'Yad L'Achim' work throughout the year to assist women and children who have fallen into this reality, to rescue them and return them to the bosom of the Jewish people. Each such case requires great effort, support and resources, And every donation allows the organization to continue working for another family and another child.
In preparation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Yad Laachim seeks to connect the great privilege of participation in the "redemption of captives" with the power of prayer during the High Holy Days.
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, scholars of Torah, Yad L'Achim's emissaries, will petition donors and their families at three holy places: at the Western Wall in front of the Holy of Holies, in the Hall of Isaac in the Cave of the Patriarchs, and at the entrance to the cave where Rashbi's grave is located.
The prayers will be dedicated to an abundant livelihood, sound health, contentment from children, and a good and sweet year, and the names of the partners will also be mentioned by the great righteous men of the generation.
At Yad L'Achim, they recall the words of Maimonides: "There is no greater mitzvah than the redemption of captives." At the beginning of a new year, when everyone prays for their home and children, it is an opportunity to remember those Jewish children who are still waiting for someone to open the way back home for them.
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