Last year over a quarter of a million people gathered together at one moment across the globe to daven for all who need shidduchim. Many were helped. It’s happening again.
On Tu B’Av, Friday, July 27, at 10: a.m. EST, thousands of Jews from around the world will unite in tefillah for all the singles in klal Yisrael. Tu B’Av—together.
Tu B’Av has become synonymous with tefillah for shidduchim. The Gemara writes in Masechet Taanit: “There have never been such good days for klal Yisrael like Tu B’Av and Yom Kippur.”
For the third year in a row, with the blessings and encouragement of gedolei Yisrael, Yad L’Achim is launching “Tu B’Av Together,” a global day of tefillah. A minyan of talmidei chachamim, messengers of Yad L’Achim, will be davening in Amuka, the resting place of the holy Tanna Yonatan Ben Uziel, on Tu B’Av for all who submit their names to Yad L’Achim. There is no minimum donation required to submit names for tefillah through Yad L’Achim, ever. (Visit tubavtogether.com.)
While the talmidei chachamim will be davening for several hours, at exactly 10 a.m. EST (5 p.m. in Eretz Yisrael) they will lead the global tefillah for shidduchim. The following kapitlach (chapters) will be recited: ל”ב, ל”ח, ע’, פ”ב, קכ»א, קכ»ד (Psalms 32, 38, 70, 82, 121, 124). For those few minutes, the cries and heartfelt tefillah of the Jewish people around the world will beseech our Heavenly Father on behalf of all those who seek their bashert.
Thousands of Yidden from around the world will unite in tefillah at the very same moment so that all singles find their zivug hagun b’karov. Yad L’Achim is launching this worldwide initiative as a merit for all the singles to find their bashert and specifically for the women and young adults rescued from the Arab villages that they may marry bnei Torah.
The success of “Tu B’Av Together” is dependent on you! Here are several ways you can help make it a success:
Gather a group of friends and/or family to recite the kapitlach on Tu B’Av morning—perfect for day camps and bungalow colonies. Please download the tehillim from our website and distribute it.
Send the name of the website, www.tubavtogether.com, to friends and family so they can download the Tehillim as well as submit their names for tefillah for free!
Submit the names of all your friends and family who need shidduchim (remember, there is no minimum donation required to submit names).
Send us an email at [email protected] and we will send you updates as well as info to pass along to others.
Yad L’Achim has set up an informative website specifically for this momentous occasion. Simply visit www.tubavtogether.com, where people can sign up to receive updates and submit names for tefillah in Amuka if they wish (for free)! You can also make an optional donation to assist Yad L’Achim in rescuing Jewish women and children trapped in Arab villages, the great mitzvah of pidyon shvuyim.
For further information, call Yad L’Achim at 1-866-923-5224 or visit www.tubavtogether.com.
By Bentzy Friedman
