Living Torah Archives

When Torah takes a census of the Jewish people, it always counts them “according their households.” The Jewish people is only as strong as its families.

We live in a time when many Jews – due to no fault of their own – are not aware of Judaism. Therefore, a campaign was launched to ensure that every Jewish home should have a charity box. In this way, even a person uneducated in Judaism who encounters this unfamiliar object will ask what it is about. This will lead him to discover the commandment of charity, which, in turn, will lead him to fulfill many more Mitzvos.

The Mezuzah bears witness that the entire home and all that is within it are permeated by the Torah passages inscribed in the Mezuzah, beginning with: “Hear, O Israel, the L-rd is our G-d, the L-rd is One”; and concluding with G-d’s promise of Redemption.