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“I grew up way too fast.”
Basya Cohen* will be the first to admit that she had an unusual childhood. When her mother passed away and her father began working long hours to support the family alone, she became like a mother herself. Though she was still only a child she got her siblings dressed and took them to school, cooked their meals, cleaned the house. Determined to make a better life for herself, she studied hard and became a nurse.
Now that she’s 21 there is a hurdle she cannot seem to get over: Getting married. Basya is engaged and struggling to make a simple wedding, including clothing for her siblings, meals for some guests, and sheva brachot afterward. Though she works hard at her own job, it simply isn’t enough to cover the costs.

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When 17-year-old Rivky Gefner woke up in searing pain a couple of weeks ago, she never expected doctors to tell her something that would change her life– That she had childhood cancer. The Gefners were in for another shock when they came to a terrible realization…That they couldn’t afford the treatments needed for their daughter to survive. They desperately made an emergency crowdfunding page, hoping that someone would notice it and help them out.

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Rabbi Sender Y Kaszirer
“Incorporating Shavuos Into Our Lives – Reaching All Our Children”
LIVE! Tonight 9:30pm EDT
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This week, readers across the globe were blown away by video footage of Rivky Gefner, a 17-year-old Israeli girl who has been courageously battling an aggressive form of cancer.
“What feels like a lifetime ago but was only 2 weeks ago, I started having a lot of pain in my legs,” Rivky explained several days ago in her first appearance on Jewish news channels. 
“I was checked out by medical professionals, and they discovered something I never could have anticipated- That I have cancer.”

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Klal Yisroel, if this story doesn’t break your heart, what will?
After suffering the unimaginable trauma of being abandoned by their own mother r’’l, five children in Eretz Yisroel lost their father Yosef Yitzchok Rosen* after he passed away from a terrible illness. His children Yechiel, Batsheva, Dovid, Nechama, and Tzina have become homeless, destitute orphans overnight.
Who will take care of them? Who will feed and clothe them? Who will hug them, and reassure them, and tuck them in at night with a kiss on the forehead?
They lost everything. They are scared and alone. They are too young for this.

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Dear brothers and sisters,

My name is Esti 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.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE!

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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When Mordechai Freuchter was dragged out of his home by police and thrown into prison, he was a young and energetic father of 5. Mordechai, who maintains his innocence, assumed he would return home soon. Shockingly, he has sat in prison for 6 months, and still has not been given a trial.
The man he is today is unrecognizable.
Mordechai is now wheelchair-bound, having suffered a stroke from stress. Half of his body sags, drool drips from his limp mouth, and tears well in his vacant, distracted eyes. Despite his illness he receives little sympathy: Prison is a cruel place.

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Five Israeli children have become orphans overnight after their father Yitzchok Yosef Rosen passed away after battling a deadly disease. The children had suffered unimaginably several years prior when they were abandoned by their very own mother, and now that their father is completely gone from this world, they are shattered beyond words.
“They are heartbroken,” shared R’ Yaakov Zilberman after meeting personally with the children.

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Readers around the world were disturbed last week to learn the story of Mordechai Freuchter, a young father of 5 who has been, according to his family and several rabbanim, falsely imprisoned. Freuchter has endured severe stress and been harassed by other prison mates due to his religious observance.
The family has now publicly announced that Mordechai has now suffered a stroke, and is wheelchair-bound. Shockingly, the prison will not allow him to be released in order to receive an MRI. They are powerless to hire a lawyer to fight the battle to allow him out for treatment, as they cannot afford the fees. The trial has been postponed for months for the same reason.

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Prison is no place for a frum Jew.
It’s 6am and the bright lights turn on to wake up the inmates. Mordechai Freuchter* awakes and whispers “modeh ani” quietly,  terrified to begin another day.
Freuchter was wrongly accused of a crime months ago, and has since been awaiting his trial in jail. The trial is delayed because his family does not have the money they need for legal fees. Several prominent rabbis have vouched for Mordechai’s innocence, and expressed their horror that he remains in jail.
The young father of 5 walks down the prison hallway on the way to the cafeteria and a fellow inmate knocks his yarmulke off of his head. The inmates in the hallway laugh, taunting him.