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The community of Ramat Beit Shemesh was shocked last year after the sudden loss of 47-year-old Naftali Bernstein, a father and beloved cheder Rebbi who had contracted Covid and tragically died just a few weeks later, leaving his young wife and ten orphans in a state of utter shock and grief. It’s been over one year by now, and the Bernsteins have had an extremely difficult time adjusting to their painful and challenging new reality. 
“His death left an aching hole in so many lives,” Mrs. Bernstein openly shared several days ago with us.

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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.

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The Goldsteins* used to be a “normal” family. Their situation now, however, can only be described as chaos.
Father Yitzchok is ill, unable to leave bed. The family managed with his disability until a horrific car crash changed everything: Mother Chana was injured badly and her brain was damaged. For a year, Chana fought for her life and relearned everything she knew, including how to walk. During her absence, 12-year-old Noa took care of her little siblings and ran the home as best she could.

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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. 
BEEP
Please Hashem, she whispers. 
BEEP
Please 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.

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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.

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A chilling story has captured the hearts and minds of readers around this world, after a respected rabbi & Torah scholar has been given a terrifying ultimatum: Pay one million shekels, or go to prison.
The Rabbi was reportedly asked by police to give over names of peers who were implicated in a crime. The Torah scholar’s understanding of the halacha was that he could not say the names that the police wanted to hear. And so, as punishment, he is now being threatened with imprisonment.

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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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Never in her wildest dreams did Tamar Edelman* think that she would end up on the front page headlines of almost every Jewish website…
Yet after a strange twist of events, that’s exactly what happened.
The story begins fifteen years ago, when Tamar tragically became an orphan at the age of only seven years old. After growing up in an orphanage, Tamar knew that shidduchim wouldn’t be simple, and when she was pleasantly surprised when she was suggested to a boy from a remarkable family. When she finally did met Eli, she saw that he was a byproduct of sterling chinuch. And when he asked him to marry her a month later, with absolute clarity, she said yes.

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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.