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Menorah Continued from Page 35
“We have a contest to see who can bring
in the most items,” said Kleinman, who’ll
wait until after Thanksgiving before start-
ing the project. “We have volunteers from
each grade level, maybe 300 kids from K to
6, so they get the experience of doing it
hands-on. “Then I take a group every year to a
homeless shelter. Once they get a tour and
experience where these families are living
and see the area where the kids get to play,
they realize how much they have in
comparison.” Such an eye-opener, especially at an
early age, is something you can’t fully
appreciate unless you see it.

“That may inspire them to take items
they might not be using anymore or new
items and give them away,” Kleinman said.

“The Mitzvah Menorah is a vehicle to
connect them [and] to educate them
about what it might be like for kids their
age 5 miles away.

“So we’ll build a menorah out of a
collection of bins. Each bin will represent
a candle. And each candle will go to a
family in a homeless shelter.”
The Religious Action Committee’s
blessing for this occasion says it all: “As we
light this ‘Ner Shel Tzedakah’ tonight,” it
begins, “we pray that its light will shine
into the dark corners of our world, bring-
ing relief to those suffering from the
indignity and pain that accompany
poverty. “May our act of giving inspire others to
join with us in the fight against the
scourge of hunger, homelessness, need
and want. Together, let us raise our voices
to cry out for justice, and may that clarion
call burst through the night’s silence and
declare that change must come.” l
Contact: jmarks@jewishexponent.com;
215-832-0729 Call today - 215.635.4774
All proceeds benefit the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Rabbi Kevin Kleinman and Liz Sussman,
director of Reform Congregration
Keneseth Israel’s preschool.

36 NOVEMBER 24, 2016
WINTER HOLIDAY MAGAZINE
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