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He would read a few items from a book he co-authored, The Unorthodox Book Of Jewish Lists, a kind of Ginsburg Book of World Records, to loosen up the audience, then cite a passage from the Talmud or Midrash about tzedakah. It may sound jar- ring on paper, but seemed quite natural with his audience as he moved about the room, weaving through the crowd, solicit- ing participation through questions and comments. He quoted a Talmudic passage that says that when a person dies and approaches Olam Habah, or Heaven, he will be asked his occupation. ("Ghosts go up to Olam Haboo," he punned.) Those who answer that they fed the hungry or clothed the naked will be invited through the Gates of Righteousness, says the Talmud. "It's not your job that defines your occupation in this world," noted Siegel, "but what you do for your fellow man. "More important than being smart or wealthy is being a mensch." Siegel's mitzvah heroes include the famous and the unknown, from singer Ken- ny Rogers, who donates a portion of his concert proceeds to feed the hungry, to Sylvia Orzoff, a 76-year-old Los Angeles woman who in 23 years of standing in front of Canter's Deli on Fairfax Avenue with a Jewish National Fund charity box has raised $2 million. Siegel told his Charleston audience that he had spent the previous day in Colum- bia, South Carolina, about two hours away by car, meeting with John Fling, a 67-year- old man who delivers auto parts for a liv- ing and in his free time scours the area for people in need: food, clothing, shopping, toys, house painting — just about any- thing. Siegel had read about Fling and seen him featured on the NBC Nightly News. He referred to him as "one of those good people who do the right thing," and told of how moved he was to see Fling in action. Siegel then asked everyone in the audience for a dollar donation to help supply a microwave oven for a blind woman Fling is helping. (Microwaves are considered far safer for the blind to operate.) He walked through the crowd and in about two minutes had collected $177, just like that. Over and over he stressed that ours is a self-indulgent society whose children are not even made aware of their responsibili- ty to help improve the world. Don't leave it for others to do and don't think it's so difficult. Just do it, Siegel instructs both old and young. During the recent United Synagogue Youth international convention, Siegel spoke to more than a thousand high school-age delegates, holding their atten- tion as he issued a challenge of sorts to each of them: You too can be a mitzvah per- son and help change the world. He spoke of Miriam Mendelow, founder of Lifeline for the Old, and how she has brought new meaning to life for many elderly people in Jerusalem by encourag- ing and selling their handiwork. He showed them the hand-made gray sweater he wore, a gift for him from the participants in the program. Siegel spoke of Hadassah Levy and how she started her efforts on behalf of children with Down's Syndrome. About 12 years ago she was a patient in an Israeli hospital and noticed that some of the abandoned infants with Down's were left near the win- dow. She surmised that they were left there with the thought that they may catch pneumonia and die. She took several of these children home with her and now cares for 38 youngsters with Down's. He spoke of Raanan Engelhart in Chi- cago who decided that for his Bar Mitzvah he would invite guests to bring an old coat to be donated to the poor. Eighty guests did so and today, at the age of 14, young Engelhart is founder and chairman of his synagogue's project to collect and distribute overcoats to the poor. Similar projects have begun in at least a half dozen other communities around the country. "Are these miracle workers?" Siegel asked, referring to Mendelow, Levy and Engelhart. "Are these extraordinary peo- ple? Hardly. The point is that these are or- dinary people who discovered something wrong in this lousy world and decided to do something to make it better. "You can be an ordinary person as well as a mitzvah worker-hero." Siegel closed by telling his audience about Trevor Ferrell of Philadelphia who four years ago, at the age of 11, brought a blanket to a homeless man. Every night since then he has provided meals for the homeless. With his group of volunteers, now numbering in the hundreds, more than 180,000 meals have been distributed. "I expect some of you to be able to do this kind of mitzvah work, too, in the next four years," said Seigel. "Why wait for the adult community to do these works of kindness? I hope that each of you is mov- ing towards this, for all of us can be nor- mal, everyday people who happen to work