As temperatures drop and winter quickly approaches, many parents in Eretz Yisroel are faced with the challenge of providing their children with coats and blankets to help keep them warm. This situation is only exacerbated when families in need must now also provide warm meals nightly and increased electric bills due to heaters, and most apartments in Eretz Yisroel are poorly insulated. DONATE NOW! Unfortunately, due to these unprecedented times, the demand for winter coats and blankets has gone up. Not having a coat limits a child’s social life, since they aren’t able to play outside or go on outings. Children would show up to school in light sweaters, or no coat at all.

  It is often said that the greatest individuals are handed the greatest challenges. One Jerusalem family is the personification of this, and a powerful video from Rav Nissan Kaplan tells their story.   Rebbetzin Chaya Pollack thought her life was over when she was hit in a horrific train accident. Her husband waited by her side while she lay in a hospital bed, unresponsive, for weeks. Not only did Rebbetzin Pollack live, she learned to walk and talk again, and even raised 9 cherished children.   That made it all the more devastating when she was diagnosed with cancer last year. By this time, she was a known tzaddekes, and a rebbetzin to many, including maggid shiur at the Mir Yeshiva Rav Kaplan himself.

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Of all the many things Sara Gottesman loved about her grandfather, one that stood out the most was his uncanny talent as a lawyer. Sara marveled at Grandpa’s ability to build rapport with all walks of life, seamlessly persuade them into seeing his side of things, and solve high-pressure problems with such a calm smile. And so ever since Sara Gottesman was a little girl, she had a burning desire to follow in his footsteps.   After getting married and passing the bar, Sara was offered a position in an Israeli startup where she used her incredible strength of character, resilience, and poise to fight for justice just like Grandpa, and Sara’s kids were proud of their hard-working mother who always somehow made time for them despite her busy schedule.

Dear brothers and sisters, My name is Bina 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. I beg of every Jewish soul to please open your heart and donate whatever possible to my wedding fund. DONATE NOW! 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. Bina CLICK HERE TO DONATE!

Two tiny hands grasp the handles of a board which holds a body, shrouded in tallis. A pink button-up shirt, fluffy straight blonde peyos, and a pair of blue, confused eyes. This was what the crowd saw when they looked at 4-year-old Avraham Eisenbach last week, at the levaya of his mother Hinda. Hinda Eisenbach passed away at only 30 years old after an excruciating battle with cancer.   What began as liver cancer spread to the rest of her body, as the young mother-of-5 did everything she could to become well again. The family tried everything: Painful treatments and medications, several rounds of chemotherapy, and even expensive imported pills, far beyond their budget.

When someone says that they have “nothing” or “no one,” it is usually an exaggeration. But as neighbors filed into the tiny one-room apartment upstairs in Ramot last week to say shema with a dying widow, they felt that for once – the saying was literal.   Rivka Nissan’s home had been transformed by her two sons, Nosson & Yaakov, into a hospice since her cancer became terminal. “Like malachim,” the two young men stood by her side and cared for her every need until her final day. It was a small token in return for all the years she had raised them alone.   When the prayers and weeping subsided, however, the Nissan brothers were left with a terrifying dilemma: They literally did not have enough money to bury their mother.

Agudas Yisroel announced today that Rabbi Yitzchok Ehrman, Chief Executive Officer of Agudath Israel of Illinois, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of Agudas Yisroel of America. In this role, Rabbi Ehrman will exercise day-to-day operational authority over the national Agudah, under the guidance of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, as it meets the growing challenges of the day. Rabbi Yitzchok Ehrman lived in Bnei Brak as a child until he moved to America at age 12. A talmid of the Telshe Yeshiva in Chicago, Rabbi Ehrman began his Agudah career as comptroller for Agudath Israel of Illinois. He rose to become COO in 2011, and CEO in 2017.

Hi My name is Yonatan and I wanted to share my story with you. First the good news – I am a 26 year old guy and Baruch Hashem, I got engaged to a wonderful God-fearing girl and soon I will also be able to stand under the Chupa. Hashem gave me life and saved me several times. I was born without an iris, which caused colored blindness. Additionally, I had enlarged kidneys and suffered severely from continuous fevers. Later, doctors found that I had a congenital heart defect, and genetic testing came back positive for a rare syndrome that causes sleep apnea. Today, I cannot sleep without a machine that circulates air. At the age of 3, I got kidney cancer due to his enlarged kidneys, which required a long journey of hospitalization and ongoing surgeries.

Losing a family member is always tragic, but last week two Jerusalem brothers experienced a horror story beyond the norm.   Rivka Nissan did not have an easy life. She raised her two sons alone, with very little income. 2 years ago, she was diagnosed with cancer and as she fought her illness she could not afford to fire help at home or, even in her final days, hospice care. What Rivka did have, however, was two sons. And what sons Yaakov & Nosson Nissan had was the most valuable of all: gratitude.   Yaakov & Nissan transformed their one-room apartment into a hospice for Rivka and tended to her constant needs. When Rivka passed away last week the brothers didn’t even have enough money to bury her.