Lev L'Achim

Lev L'Achim (Hebrew: לב לאחים‎) 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.

Beliefs

Main article: Haredi Judaism

As an Orthodox Jewish institution, Lev L'Achim adheres to Halakha, Jewish law, as taught by the Talmud and Shulkhan Arukh. Additionally, Lev L'Achim observes the Jewish Sabbath and holy days, and promotes traditional forms of dress.

Controversy

Complaints about acts of apparent vandalism and harassment against other religious organizations operating in Israel, as well as slow response time by Israeli authorities, were a matter of concern to the U.S. State Department, as described in their Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999: Israel, and again in the International Religious Freedom Report 2003.

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.

References

Thousands of students switch to Haredi Education from the Hebrew version of the Haaretz website

See also

• Judaism
• Orthodox Judaism
• Haredi Judaism
• Hasidic Judaism
• Jewish denominations
• Judaism in Israel

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