REACHING OUT ONE JEW AT A TIME Fact: there are close to 7 million Jews in America, only a Jraction of whom are frum. Despite all the money, talent, and effort going into kiruv, it is almost impossible for ‘outreach professionals alone to reach them all. What can we do to improve the odds? One ordinary kollel man has an extraordinary idea that can help to tip the scales inp anvhing at al. Ba if we can rise seem Several tes thoughout pe poste acon wth an Ones prominin act hrm ange ote mal wos lak fine someone for Shibos, osay afew enite Life Are me wing tose w de Srrd of nso, et ugly ses Season? Tmbelin Teqastontssdoncchoe Dem all of the aoe ofthe ‘ateadwnagenfto oppranies? 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Keeping it Real Rab Howvie wes Find unig thing foreach person odo tether thet sya tilah fo ti ear light Sabo candles, or sinply bout “Prom ery on have been na pos Siw of having to approach people es be ofthe cates a by hang this abi Wy aban ealy ae. ia ote forme to do i toy” sad Rabo Hort wheter Tam asking for Tu on eal ‘or ost asking people for mitevoron be balof he Kibono sel Olam, ts sil the {You approch a person with heal ‘le, ther nt pong thw hack evar havoc min oles. mmsin hale. igs ta ome on the hear ‘nrtneheat fundmising tip for Keren Exran Sha tow, the fndatoh organization that Ne manages, Rabo Honvitr met 3 larse ‘rp of Moroccans on their way to Mo ‘oo Io Ms the graes of her aren Heborrowedtvo pai oftfilin rman fa asking people on the plane if they ‘ranted ven, eta, ofcourse! Whats he es tion? weretheresponss What the question? Rabo Hoew asked himsctt "hs person didn even Teh alg pair often’ Aral was ‘dd done, thee poop dvened he entire Shashi nite peepe were any 1 pat on the eins ste Shor One person exes his thanks, ecase se sarge to Visit hi thers grave, he hid hen looking for somthing 9 do tat wold make is thor pol Rabb Hort ot tht le tough fei parents mee Torah-obser ‘an Jews whew they Came tae they sere simple qaeton “Wool 300 Tike daven” rekialed the park tat would odherwse have etined dona Ai heart in Fel Ai, Rabb Hoe wie stack up 4 conversion with 8 alder "Are you Jewish?” asked Rabi Hori 1 doa kao" Steve epi. "Na" wastheeespoase Sik one syourmather ows “6, You don’t need to take courses in kiruv, you don’t need to be trained and bred. You just need fo have a heart .. Greatness some ies comes from the need that has to be filled” Seve sd. "Yes. My mother i Jew ‘sh and inc, er moter to. Does thatcoual fr anything? "Yes, bn at ee eis” Rab biForwiexclamed wines an?” Steve sah hie si be had stalled intoaen body Rabbi Horvity dhol Steve if be re uta Shabbos as ‘Oh yal” he sal, “ha the dey ‘hat the brary is closed at Hebrew Univer "Rabbi Horwitz gave Seve his phone uber with aniaviaon or Stabs, Finding the Greatness Within Rabi Dorit siresses athe is n00 8 i Profesional aud that e tas never te- eived any femal tcing i outreach His impy «nota guy like you and Ine, buce am wiih a mission. He Spoke to pe tena about how in ev ry several, Maser leaves rom “oe the raul people 0 mike a diference, He compated ito pre= war Poland dung theme thatthe winds of Reform began to blow in, One ofthe casualties of “en Tighenment” was the severing of the link hetween moches and davies Something hd tobe done o cre that Jewish girs would romain ta to Yi ‘hie Hashem ef eup one won an rho si the need and 9k it upon elf to act That person, of cours ‘was Sanh Schenrer Did anyone know who Sar Schenier was when she sare?” Rab i Horwte asked, “OF course nt, She ‘as jst an ordinary person, How di "rainy person make te der: ‘noe? The andwer is simple, When person feels strongly about something Wo the point where i affects them per only they wil take the ie oak cheshhon, 2 eaeslaion, that thet ate Sil thee ion Yad in. America ‘hom nobody is eaching no oss Fle that they will Keep walking dow the Suceas nts rene people e- sly eae, they ae goin to do whatever they cam” Rab How eontined. IF aoe is turing down, you dont hink shout what you shod sy when you S11 — you scream and you Bape that Sop ae think. Ifyou do, that mean. Something is wrong and the house will Rabbi Horwitz himself comes from s fametrombinth bckground and ev x relly came nto eomtct with nom Fram Sows prowing p.m a nebo {Tm nota knw professionals Fm jst le every ater peson walking down the sree I'm no! ookiag to do this foe poraseth. There's nothing is he for ‘eather iha forthe Rion Sel Olam, that His cilren sold come hack, You dont cod to ake course in Kru, you owt ned oe rained and bred You 4st need have a ear Jos as Sarah Scheniter dn" need be ined for the pono ste was going t0 tke GGreitness sometimes coms ftom the eed thathasto efile” Being. Responsible For individuals vba sent aay cueing, Rab Horwitz recommends that they ty 1 speak to fity people w year instead of 100, The more the importance of what they ane doing i imegrated in their eas, the mre ther fea of approach- ing stangers wll dpe, expecially ‘nce ey see ow powerulafew words ‘an be Ita person seminal. cares hose bari are marly beoken down. Ifthe de somes to fron and poople make a conscious effort wo reach