{"id":98198,"date":"2022-11-19T23:41:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T21:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=98198"},"modified":"2022-11-19T23:41:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T21:41:53","slug":"the-real-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/the-real-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Real Deal<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the way to Toronto, for the sake of inspiring fellow Jews to increased Torah observance, I decided to spend the weekend in Deal, New Jersey. Although it seemed to make more sense that I should remain in Canada and participate in the simchah<\/em> of a major Torah supporter, thereby benefitting our institution greatly, Hashem had other plans for me that Shabbat.<\/p>\n

In Deal, I spoke before the congregation, strengthening their commitment to Torah and mitzvot. As I lectured, I noticed that although the Beit Hakeneset was a magnificent edifice, it lacked an Aron Hakodesh befitting this miniature Mikdash. When I asked the gabbaim <\/em>about this, they informed me that there were plans for a grand Aron Hakodesh, but a considerable sum of funds was still lacking for it.<\/p>\n

It suddenly dawned on me that this was the reason why Hashem had sent me to New Jersey. I immediately set to extolling the honor due to Torah, and what a great mitzvah it is to donate toward its beautiful abode.<\/p>\n

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  1. The Aron Hakodesh in the Beit Hakeneset in Deal, New Jersey<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The congregants were taken aback that I was soliciting funds for their Beit Hakeneset instead of requesting donations for my own institutions. They were even more amazed to see that I was the first one to pledge toward this endeavor.<\/p>\n

    Within a mere few moments, the entire sum was collected, 150,000 dollars. The members of the congregation took part in erecting a most majestic Aron Hakodesh, befitting the holy Torah Scrolls. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Real Deal On the way to Toronto, for the sake of inspiring fellow Jews to increased Torah observance, I decided to spend the weekend in Deal, New Jersey. Although it seemed to make more sense that I should remain in Canada and participate in the simchah of a major Torah supporter, thereby benefitting our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1061],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divine-intervention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}