Almost every seminary girl and yeshiva boy who flies to Israel for their gap year hopes to gain live inspiration from Rabbi Shraga Kallus, a Rosh Kollel and Posek whose dynamic shiurim are a popular choice amongst TorahAnytime viewers as well. Rabbi Kallus is known for many things, but he is not commonly known for making public charity appeals. However, a riveting story he heard about a Ger named Avraham just might have changed his mind.   Rabbi Kallus explains that Avraham is an incredibly brave young man– He left everything familiar many years ago to follow the path of Torah and moved across the ocean to live in Eretz Hakadosh.

Dear brothers and sisters, My name is Rochi and with Hashem’s help I will be getting married very soon! My happiness is not complete because I have no way to pay for anything! I do not have any relatives or friends who can help me pay for my wedding. CLICK HERE TO DONATE! I beg of every Jewish soul to please open your heart and donate whatever possible to my wedding fund. You have an incredible opportunity to invest in the great mitzva of hachnosas kallah, and you will be wiping away the bitter tears from my eyes. In the zechus of helping me, Hashem should send you shefa and hatzlacha in all areas of life in good health. Tizku limitzvos. Rochi CLICK HERE TO DONATE

A woman with a tense expression on her face stands in line at the supermarket, trying to take deep breaths. Her cart is full of items for the next couple of weeks: Vegetables, eggs, bread, those juice boxes her kids like. She begins to feel a bead of sweat trickle down her neck as the cashier begins to scan her items.BEEPPlease Hashem, she whispers. BEEPPlease let it not decline. The moment comes that the cashier asks for her credit card. She hands it over, trying not to show her visible shake. The cashier swipes. Pauses. Swipes again. “Slicha…Zeh lo avar,” he tells her in Hebrew, handing back the card. Declined. The woman bursts into tears. Nechama Bernstein and her husband Naftali used to support their family of 12 with a feeling of shefa.

Dear brothers and sisters, My name is Rochi and with Hashem’s help I will be getting married very soon! My happiness is not complete because I have no way to pay for anything! I do not have any relatives or friends who can help me pay for my wedding. CLICK HERE TO DONATE! I beg of every Jewish soul to please open your heart and donate whatever possible to my wedding fund. You have an incredible opportunity to invest in the great mitzva of hachnosas kallah, and you will be wiping away the bitter tears from my eyes. In the zechus of helping me, Hashem should send you shefa and hatzlacha in all areas of life in good health. Tizku limitzvos. Rochi CLICK HERE TO DONATE

Torah scholar, teacher, father, respected community member… These are the many things that Rabbi Amram Levi* is known for. In a shocking turn of events, however, he may be taking on a new role: Prisoner. According to a chilling letter from Rabbi Moshe Brandsdorfer, Levi has been framed for a crime which he did not commit. The courts have given him two choices: Pay one million shekels, or go to prison. The Levi family is extremely worried that the conditions in prison could kill their father, a fragile older man. The price on his head, however, is far above what they could possibly afford.

Being 8 years old is never easy. Being an 8 year old with cancer is even harder. And being an 8 year old with cancer with nowhere to live? That’s just Bentzi Kaminetzky*. Ever since Bentzi was diagnosed with leukemia 2 years ago, his parents have put everything they could into him getting better. Bentzi’s mother, Esther, works as a school teacher. His father as a repairman. Bit by bit, they watched cancer eat their savings. Another cab to the hospital. Another missed day of work to go to chemo. Another medical bill on the kitchen table, unpaid. Now, a painful situation has taken a somehow even more painful turn: The Kaminetskys are being evicted from their home. The 7 Kaminetsky children and their brother with leukemia are about to become homeless.

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News of a father-of-twelve made waves this week after Rav Asher Weiss Shlita publicized a powerful appeal on his behalf, describing a talmid chochom and Torah teacher who is profoundly struggling about to marry off his third child in the span of only six months. Several readers have jumped at the opportunity to help out a talmid chochomin in desperate need of support, but despite the moving kindness of complete strangers and Rav Asher Weiss’s heartfelt plea, the campaign is still far from its goal. “The kallah is also an orphan and her family is not able to help at all,” explained R’ Asher Weiss in the letter publicized Monday morning. “…Please have mercy on this dear person and come to his aid urgently. Your merit is multiplied in Shamayim to be blessed with everything good.

Word of Ukrainian Jewry stranded and on the run while their homes burned sent waves of panic and trepidation on the international news landscape. Accounts of the horror went viral; of the wealthy turned destitute, of families torn apart, of children frightened and hungry. An acute aching filled the collective Jewish heart as the stories poured in. Funds were raised. Organizations, as well as heroic individuals, threw themselves into rescuing Yidden, softening the blows, and making a priority of saving their Yiddishkeit. But the initial urgency has since collected dust, faded to an already forgotten tragedy, relegated to the back of our minds. The Vaad Hatzalah for Ukrainian Jewry united for a historic mission.

A PERSONAL REQUEST FROM RAV ASHER WEISS SHLITTA: (Haskama below) “24 Iyar 5782I have come with a request from the depths of my heart to our brothers Bnei Yisroel who are merciful and do kindness: Come to the aid of a special person, a great talmid chacham who teaches Torah. He is a very modest person and now has to marry off his son but he is unable to pay even the most basic expenses, as he just married off his previous children. The kallah is also an orphan and her family is not able to help at all. It is an enormous mitzvah to help this great and modest talmid chacham, to bring his son under the chuppah, and a double mitzvah in helping an orphaned kallah to get married. Please have mercy on this dear person and come to his aid urgently.