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Tech Tribe Dispatch #70
💡 Think:
Think about the power of our habits - every morning we reach for our cellphones, we check the notifications that came in over night, we brush our teeth, we eat, we check our cellphones again, we work, we swipe up, we swipe right, we work some more, we binge, we check our notifications again and we sleep . . . What if, for a moment every day, we added a routine act of transcendence.
A physical pushka, charity box, affords us the chance to drop in a few coins and center our day around kindness and giving. When it’s mounted on the wall, it becomes a physical part of the house.
Someone who is homeless is not merely someone who is out of his or her house, but rather one who lacks that foundational access to shelter. A person with a home, no matter where they go, is always endowed with that base to return to. When we mount that charity box in the house, then the house becomes a vessel for kindness and giving - no matter where we go - a key part of our character is endowed with that trait.
🏃 DO:
🏠 Judaism is coming home this summer! Each week we’ll be focusing on another mitzvah that shows how we can connect, outside of the party or the shul.
🤲 This week: Tzedakah - Transform your day with Acts of Routine Kindness with ARK. And we’ve got one to give you! ARK is based on the teachings of the Rebbe that centering kindness in our lives changes the world. Take an ARK, add a few coins each day, and when it's full give it to a poor person or the charitable cause of your choice.
Your small act will change the world
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲.
🎬 Watch:
When famed artist Baruch Nachshon brought some of his paintings to New York, the Rebbe encouraged him to set up an exhibition—and even came to see it for himself.
Watch an excerpt below or the full mini-doc here.
📚 Read:
🇺🇦 In Berdichev, They’ve Been Walking on the Grave of a Rabbi Who Couldn’t Care Less. Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev's true resting place is found - in a story of Jewish tenacity and resilience
💅 Always apropos: How to Build a Better Cancel Tweet
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