Initiative: Donate Leavened Goods to the Japanese
Reported: 09:06 AM - Apr/08/11
Volunteers of the Yisrael Sheli (My Israel/Israel is Mine) organization, which works to promote Israel's image around the world, have set up collection points around the country for chametz (leavened products) which Jews are forbidden to eat during the upcoming Pesach (Passover) holiday.
The movement has applied to the Israel Foreign Ministry to send the goods to areas of Japan hit by the recent earthquakes and resulting tidal waves.
Every year, Jews formally sell the chametz in their possession to a non-Jew. Usually it is sold to an Israeli Arab living in Abu-Gosh, just west of Jerusalem, but Yisrael Sheli wants to send its portion to Japan, where the disaster has caused a severe shortage in flour, noodles and other dry goods that qualify as chametz.
Ayelet Sheked, one of the leaders of Yisrael Sheli says: "We want to put the value of mutual involvement into action, not just within our people, but also toward other peoples."
Yisrael Sheli shipments to Japan will be labelled "From Israel with Love" in Japanese.
The movement has applied to the Israel Foreign Ministry to send the goods to areas of Japan hit by the recent earthquakes and resulting tidal waves.
Every year, Jews formally sell the chametz in their possession to a non-Jew. Usually it is sold to an Israeli Arab living in Abu-Gosh, just west of Jerusalem, but Yisrael Sheli wants to send its portion to Japan, where the disaster has caused a severe shortage in flour, noodles and other dry goods that qualify as chametz.
Ayelet Sheked, one of the leaders of Yisrael Sheli says: "We want to put the value of mutual involvement into action, not just within our people, but also toward other peoples."
Yisrael Sheli shipments to Japan will be labelled "From Israel with Love" in Japanese.
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