<div dir="ltr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div>* Here's the problem - but what's the solution? *</div><div><br></div><div>Most of us rush to give large lumps of panic-mode, generous tzedaka on Purim, and before Pessach and Rosh Hashana/YK. </div>
<div>And we give relatively little between these peak-season times.... </div><div><br></div><div><div>During the in-between seasons, the (mainly out-of-town) people who come to the door, or organizations who solicit by phone, probably receive more of our tzedaka, than those local good causes we'd *like* to be our top priotity.</div>
<div><br></div></div><div>Local families in poverty and crisis are around us 24/7 - all twelve months of the year. They live on *every* street in RBS. </div><div>And there is an impoverished family within 100 yards of each of us. </div>
<div>You almost certainly don't see this, because these families do not generally collect door to door. They come to Lema'an Achai instead.</div><div><br></div><div>We all know that ma'aser kesafim is the optimal way to fulfill all our tzedaka requirements.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But who has the time to plan out a tzedaka budget, to make sure that we really do donate 10% of our net income, and that it is directed towards our top priority cause - our local poor families?</div><div>
<br></div><div>I suggest a practical, convenient way of planning and keeping track, is to set up a *second* bank account, specifically for your tzedaka donations.</div><div><br></div><div>The moment you receive income (net salary, gifts, dividends, etc), 90% stays in your current/checking account - and you immediately transfer 10% to your Tzedaka Account.</div>
<div><br></div><div>You can then set up a hora'at keva to your favorite charity/ies, and make checks/credit card payments on a planned or even spontenous basis. </div><div><br></div><div>As long as the account zeros out each month and/or by Rosh Hashana - you know your maaser obligations are fulfilled.</div>
<div><br></div><div>And when your tax rebate (35 percent!) arrives from your donations to Tax Exempt organizations, you can either put all or some of that back in your Tzedaka Account, or spend it, depending on how your rav advises.</div>
<div>(It's an interesting shaila).</div><div><br></div><div>Tragically, poverty and crisis are all-year-round phenomena. So it is extremely important that Lema'an Achai receives your ongoing support *throughout* the year - as well as the three-times-a-year generous donations most of us already make. </div>
<div> </div><div>Please donate generously now, and throughout the year, to Lema'an Achai.</div><div><br></div><div><div> </div><div>Tizku Lemitzvot!<br>-- <br>Best Regards,<br>David & <span>Avrohom</span><br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
<br>David Morris Rav <span>Avrohom</span> Leventhal</div><div>Chairman Executive Director</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.smartchesed.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">www.SmartChesed.org</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Online Donations: <a href="https://lemaanachai.org/donations.aspx" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">https://lemaanachai.org/donations.aspx</a></div><div><br></div><div>24/6 Donations By Phone: 02-99999.33 <br>
<br></div><div>The Lema'an Achai Center</div><div>40/7 Nahal Lachish,<br>Ramat Beit Shemesh<br>99093 ISRAEL.</div><div><br></div><div>Tel: +972 2 9991553</div></div></span>
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