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	CHAGIM (HOLIDAYS)
		*Yom Kippur* Arrange a clothing drive in your community. Encourage the entire community to stay in the sanctuary- if you do not already do so- for the communal Yizkor for those who died in the Holocaust and in defending the State of Israel. Arrange and sponsor a meal before the fast or a light break-fast afterwards. Choose one person and do something nice for them everyday for the next week. Call your grandparents or an elderly friend or relative. Get in touch with your out-of-town friends or reacquaint yourself with old friends. Prepare a Tefillah booklet for those who may not know as much as you do. Teach people how to read Hebrew so that they will be able to follow along with the prayer service. Contribute the money you would have spent on food for that day to a food pantry or donate that money to Mazon, a national, nonprofit agency that allocates donations from the Jewish community to nonprofit organizations providing food, help and hope to hungry people of all faiths and backgrounds. You can reach Mazon at 310-442-0020 or on the web at www.mazon.org. Set up a barrel where everyone in your congregation can donate a can of food before the start of Yom Kippur that will later be donated to a food pantry. Return to Chagim List