CHAI-ZAQ Clinches $2.4M Goal, Push Continues In Bonus Round

• Prev
• 1 of 6
• Next

Chazaq's Board of Directors and staff proudly declared am Yisrael CHAI-ZAQ alongside a large group of dedicated volunteers who worked painstakingly hard at the call center hosted at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills. B'chasdei Hashem, 18 years of successful programming and still getting stronger and stronger! Donations can still be made at charidy.com/chazaq/qjl.

 

MUST READ: Laziness

By Rabbi Mordy Anton, Youth Director, Young Israel of Queens Valley

I sat down last Wednesday night at around 9' o'clock to write this d'var Torah. As I was beginning, I was informed that CHAZAQ was in the last two hours of their Charidy campaign. I love everything that CHAZAQ does and wanted to donate, however, I was very behind schedule and really wanted to get writing. In addition, it looked like the campaign was going well and that they would make their goal anyway, so if I didn't give this time, it wouldn't be the biggest deal in the world. So, I decided to go back to the scheduled plan of writing. I opened the Chidushei Halev, one of the seforim I use, and I saw the following d'var Torah and boy did it shake me up.

In last week's parshah, Rashi tells us that the Nesiim were punished for being lazy in how they dedicated funding to the building of the Mishkan. When the collections began, they convinced themselves that it would be better to give at the end so that they could supply whatever the other members of klal Yisrael couldn't provide. Hashem sniffed out their bad intentions and held them responsible for their behavior and their name was spelled in the Torah without a "yud." The Chidushei Halev highlights the deception of the yetzer hara and how even such great people were susceptible to laziness, even though the cause was so "once in a lifetime."

As you could imagine, as soon as I finished reading the d'var Torah, I dropped what I was doing and quickly got in touch with CHAZAQ and made my donation. My cover was blown, and I got Hashem's hint.

(As appeared in the YIQV's weekly "Parsha Corner" publication.)

Editor's note: Chazaq remains a bit behind their goal of $2.6M to cover their annual budget. While donations are no longer being matched, we urge you to donate if you are of means and have not done so already. Visit charidy.com/chazaq/qjl to participate.