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From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Re: Fund raising techniques
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Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 10:13:01 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  4 10:13:01 1984
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> raphael@crystal.UUCP writes:
> >What techniques are acceptable for a synagogue to raise money?  I would like
> >to elicit answers based on any set of standards you would like to raise, but
> >I prefer standards grounded in halokho (Jewish way of life). 
> >
> >Here is a list of fundraising projects I have heard of, and my one-line
> >reaction:
>  
> ...
> 
> >Mi-she-beyrakh's (Prayers on behalf of a congregant, recited for a fee during
>  	Torah reading):  OK, but can be embarrassing.
> ...
>  
> I don't know about anyone else, but I'm appalled at the idea.
> 
> -----
> Daniel Elbaum

    in our shul we do not force a person to pay for a misheberach, rather
 if the person feels like giving we allow it. if the person doesn't want
 to give they still get the same misheberach.

			Eliyahu Teitz.