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The Mitzvah Project- Curse or Blessing?

That year is approaching — the one where your soon-to-be 13 year old (or 12 year old in some communities) will become a Bar or Bat Mitzvah.  Along with the never-ending to-do list— lessons with the Cantor or Rabbi, the speech, a party, decisions about the guest list, there is that one other obstacle — THE MITZVAH PROJECT. In too many families, it is actually the dreaded Mitzvah Project! After more than twenty years of work in the tzedakah world,  often guiding parents and kids on their Mitzvah Project journey, I can say for certainty that this seemingly simple task […]

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