Reflection and Charity
There is still time for you to directly impact an impoverished Jew with joy and dignity.
Yom Kippur — the Day of Atonement — is considered the Sabbath of Sabbaths for the Jewish people. This sacred Holy Day begins at sundown on September 18 and is a reflective time of prayer, repentance, fasting, and charity.
It is also a time for community and coming together. We am reminded of what the Lord tells us about community, companionship, and charity in Ecclesiastes 4:9-12:
Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labour:
If either of them falls down,
one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.
Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
This is a vivid reminder that it is not enough to simply feel sympathy for the needy or to only pray for them. We are to help supply the necessities of life they lack, to help them up, to help them stay warm and safe!
Please take action with a heart of reflection and charity by giving to support our High Holy Days outreach. Together, we can say to the Jewish people, “We stand together as a cord of three strands!”
There is still time — a very brief window of hope — for you to directly impact an impoverished Jew with joy and dignity. Please give your most generous gift right now.
