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Readers around the world have followed the story of the Kirschbaum family, who lost a son in the Meron Lag Ba’Omer tragedy. Their lost son, however, is not the main source of the headlines: Six-year-old Malki Kirschbaum has a severe case of liver cancer, and doctors advised the family to fly from Israel to America as soon as possible for a full liver transplant.
Despite being a family of modest means, barely up from the shiva of the sudden loss of their teenage son, Mr & Mrs. Kirschbaum booked the family tickets to America and scheduled the life-saving procedure. Unclear as to how they would cover the costs, they resolved that above all else, they must save their daughter’s life.

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After years of strategic planning, fundraising and preparation, the Mishkan Aharon Hachnosas Orchim Center is finally at the final stretch of its journey to becoming a fully-functioning, modern-day model of this time-honored mainstay of the kehillah.
The center is a 10,500 square foot residence, with 14 suites of various sizes. It has the capacity to comfortably host up to 14 families or a total of 70 guests at a time for short-term stays.

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Rav Mordechai Gross is a huge Posek in Israel who is legendary for the thousands of people who have come to him for Brachos and immediately saw their long-awaited yeshuos come true before their very eyes. It’s rare for the Rav to give a bracha based on a specific condition.
Until now.

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Mordechai Binyamin Rubinstein Zt”l
Who would have imagined that Mordechai Binyamin would leave his young wife an Almonah and his infant daughter a Yesoma without a roof over their heads or any means of support?
It is unfathomable to think that Mordechai Binyamin went to Shul on Erev Shavuos never to return.
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When Leah R* was only one and a half years old, her parents were in a terrible car accident where they were instantly killed. Miraculously, little Leah survived without a scrape. 
“Ever since I can remember, I’ve been completely on my own in the world,” writes Leah, now 22, in a recent letter where she attempts to describe the lonely existence of having lost both parents at such a young age.

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The Kirschbaum family of Beit Shemesh have had a horrific whirlwind of a week, as they sat shiva for their teenage son, one of the 45 people killed in the Meron tragedy. While this is enough to have them processing for years, however, they simply don’t have the time. Because right now, they are worried about their 6-year-old Michali.
Michali has had liver cancer since she was a baby and has spent much of her life in hospitals. Recently doctors urged the Kirschbaums to leave Israel immediately and to fly to Pittsburgh for their daughter to have a full liver transplant. Slots were very limited and, scrambling, they took the only option given to them: Next week.

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A recent horror story out of Jerusalem highlights the importance of doing a full background check before hiring any workers. Yisroel Rothman, a young father of 4, hired a contractor to help him expand his small apartment to better accommodate his kids. Little did he know, the man that he hired was a convicted criminal, who had no intention of improving his home, and every intention of scamming him out of his money.

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Each time a mass tragedy occurs, authorities urge the public to refrain from spreading rumors as to who has been killed and injured, so that family members will not learn of a loved one’s passing in an insensitive way. Unfortunately, however, in the age of social media, this is sometimes impossible to avoid. One tragic example of this was that of 24-year-old Mordechai Fekete.

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“Classic Simcha Bunim. He’ll never push his way onto a bus, he must be waiting there in the crowd to get home,” the Diskind family told themselves on Friday morning. News had begun to spread about the now infamous Meron tragedy, but mother Chava Diskind was sure it was her son’s sweet nature which kept him from arriving home.
They could not have been more wrong.
Tzadik Simcha Bunim Diskind, father of two sweet children, Mindy and Moishe, was crushed to death on Har Meron Thursday night. The two little Diskind children just lost their beloved Tatty, and the sole provider of their family. Simcha’s widow is 22 years old.
“I know it’s good up there for Simcha Bunim,” are the heart-wrenching words written by Simcha’s brother.

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Over one week ago, five children from the large and well-known Elchadad family of Bnei Brak went to Meron together to celebrate Lag Baomer. 
But only three made it home.
Moshe Mordechai (18) and Yosef Dovid (12) were only a few steps ahead of their younger brothers when they became ensnared in the entanglement of people that night. By nothing short of a miracle, the younger ones behind them came out completely alive and unharmed. But in a horrific tragedy that has shattered their entire family, Moshe Mordechai and Yosef Dovid were trampled to death side by side.