Lev L'Achim
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Lev L'Achim or P'eylim Lev L'Achim is an Orthodox
Jewish
organization operating in Israel
. It follows Orthodox Judaism, and works to move students from secular Israeli schools to schools based on the Torah
and religious teachings. It sends out senior yeshiva
and kollel
students to recruit Israeli children for religious elementary schools. Like all kiruv organizations, its goal is to teach those who have grown up in a non-Orthodox Jewish environment how to practice Judaism.
, Jewish law, as taught by the Talmud
and Shulkhan Arukh. Additionally, Lev L'Achim observes Jewish Sabbath and holy days
, and promotes traditional forms of dress.
against other religious organizations operating in Israel, as well as slow response time by Israeli authorities, is a continued matter of concern to the U.S. State Department, as described in their Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999: Israel, and repeatedly in the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor's annual International Religious Freedom Report, most recently in the 2009 report.
Among their goals are: Enabling over children to get Torah education, helping Jews keep Shabbos within one year alone, preventing intermarriage, rescuing Jewish women trapped in Arab villages and fighting missionary and cult groups.
They also provide many sorts of Torah centers, assist immigrants, and have big brother, kiruv, and dropout prevention programs.
Many great Rabbonim have shown their support for this organization.
Orthodoxy
The word orthodox, from Greek orthos + doxa , is generally used to mean the adherence to accepted norms, more specifically to creeds, especially in religion...
Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
organization operating in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. It follows Orthodox Judaism, and works to move students from secular Israeli schools to schools based on the Torah
Torah
Torah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five books of the bible—Genesis , Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers and Deuteronomy Torah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five...
and religious teachings. It sends out senior yeshiva
Yeshiva
Yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily shiurim and in study pairs called chavrutas...
and kollel
Kollel
A kollel is an institute for full-time, advanced study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature. Like a yeshiva, a kollel features shiurim and learning sedarim ; unlike a yeshiva, the student body of a kollel are all married men...
students to recruit Israeli children for religious elementary schools. Like all kiruv organizations, its goal is to teach those who have grown up in a non-Orthodox Jewish environment how to practice Judaism.
Beliefs
As an Orthodox Jewish institution, Lev L'Achim adheres to HalakhaHalakha
Halakha — also transliterated Halocho , or Halacha — is the collective body of Jewish law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions.Judaism classically draws no distinction in its laws between religious and ostensibly non-religious life; Jewish...
, Jewish law, as taught by the Talmud
Talmud
The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....
and Shulkhan Arukh. Additionally, Lev L'Achim observes Jewish Sabbath and holy days
Jewish holiday
Jewish holidays are days observed by Jews as holy or secular commemorations of important events in Jewish history. In Hebrew, Jewish holidays and festivals, depending on their nature, may be called yom tov or chag or ta'anit...
, and promotes traditional forms of dress.
Controversy
Complaints about harassment from Lev L'Achim and the similar group Yad L'AchimYad L'Achim
Yad L'Achim is an Orthodox Jewish organization operating in Israel focusing on outreach, counter-missionary and anti-religious intermarriage activity...
against other religious organizations operating in Israel, as well as slow response time by Israeli authorities, is a continued matter of concern to the U.S. State Department, as described in their Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999: Israel, and repeatedly in the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor's annual International Religious Freedom Report, most recently in the 2009 report.
Work
Among their goals are: Enabling over children to get Torah education, helping Jews keep Shabbos within one year alone, preventing intermarriage, rescuing Jewish women trapped in Arab villages and fighting missionary and cult groups.
They also provide many sorts of Torah centers, assist immigrants, and have big brother, kiruv, and dropout prevention programs.
Many great Rabbonim have shown their support for this organization.
See also
- JudaismJudaismJudaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
- Orthodox JudaismOrthodox JudaismOrthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...
- Haredi JudaismHaredi JudaismHaredi or Charedi/Chareidi Judaism is the most conservative form of Orthodox Judaism, often referred to as ultra-Orthodox. A follower of Haredi Judaism is called a Haredi ....
- Hasidic JudaismHasidic JudaismHasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith...
- Jewish denominationsJewish denominationsJewish religious movements , sometimes called "denominations" or "branches", include different groups which have developed among Jews from ancient times and especially in the modern era among Ashkenazi Jews living in anglophone countries...
- Judaism in Israel