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“It was the day of my wedding, and my father and sisters and I were almost ready to leave for the hall. Down the hallway I heard my sister scream, and saw that my father was on the floor. He had had a heart attack. I was in disbelief. We lost him that day. The wedding was cancelled, of course, and we went straight into shiva. Dad had raised us alone after Mom passed away, and we were lost as to what to do next.  He had many debts, which we knew nothing of, and we used our own money to pay the rest of the wedding expenses which could not be refunded.
For a full year, I worked as a nurse to save up money to re-make the wedding. We sold everything we had before to help take care of my siblings, and repay our debts. I am starting from scratch.” Tamar, 23*

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Pillar To Pillar will be the rallying cry as Amudim launches its annual Charidy campaign in order to continue its lifesaving work that has helped thousands of members of the Jewish community who struggle with abuse, addiction and mental health issues.

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The latest in a series of shocking pidyon shvuyim cases was made public this month, after the unjust imprisonment of Israeli father of eight Dovid Barel. Barel was arrested in 2017 after fraudulent charges were made in his name. Barel and his family fervently maintained his innocence, and it was generally assumed that he would be quick to return. Due to a bureaucratic nightmare not atypical in the prison system, Barel was denied a trial for an excruciating 2 years.

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It seems that every day we hear of another tragedy that strikes one of our fellow Jews. The most desperate cases land on the desks of organizations, such as Vaad Harabanim, who are dedicated to relieving the financial pressure on families in dire straits.

The stories of 243 desperately ill people were brought before two luminaries of our generation: Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlita, and the Vizhnitzer Rebbe shlita. They have joined together to found a special fund for those sick people who are unable to function and support their families.

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As Sima Dor, mother of 9, lay on her deathbed last month, the emotions in the room were palpable. Grief and sadness of course, but also shock: She had not told her children that she was sick until just a few weeks before. Her reasoning for protecting her children in this way reached back to four years ago, when her husband passed away.
Amos Dor was generally healthy, and had been sitting at his shtender one day learning, when a heart attack instantly ended his life. The family was left reeling and immediately began to struggle emotionally, and financially. Sima did all she could to help her children recover from this trauma, so when she was diagnosed with cancer, she decided not to worry them.

Currently, there is a worldwide shortage of EpiPens, which is affecting individuals who have severe allergies that can cause anaphylactic reactions. The EpiPen is an auto-injection delivery system that administers a dose of adrenaline hormones which increases the heart rate and blood pressure and reverses the swelling of the airways. In cases of severe anaphylactic reactions, it can slow the allergic reaction and reverse its effects long enough to allow first responders to arrive or for a person to get to the hospital to receive further treatment. 

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No one expects tragedy to strike. For the Berkowitz family of London however, it did – not just once, not even twice, but three times. And they haven’t been the same since.
It began when the young couple experienced something that no parents should have to: burying a child.
Their daughter Shaindy became ill and ultimately passed away, devastating her parents & four siblings. After grieving, they picked up their lives and did their best to move on. It was just when they were regaining their functioning that the mother of the family became ill as well.

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A group of small children were shuffled into the crowded office of Rav Chaim Kanievsky last month, to inform the Gadol Hador of an urgent crisis.
It is well known that in recent years, dozens of Yemenite families were rescued from their country of origin, where it has become increasingly more dangerous to be an observant Jew, and brought to Israel. Though the families arrived with abundant hope for the future, the Israeli bureaucracy has seemingly stranded them in conditions which are not fitting for religious families, with no logistical possibility of making their way out:

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Bonei Olam provides millions of dollars in financial assistance to cover the prohibitive costs of fertility treatments and medical procedures. To date, thousands of children have been brought into the world through the efforts of Bonei Olam.
This Thursday, Erev Rosh Chodesh Elul, Rav Chaim Kanievsky and Rav Shimon Galei will be reciting special Yom Kippur Kotton tefillos on behalf of donors to Bonei Olam.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN.

Currently, there is a worldwide shortage of EpiPens, which is affecting individuals who have severe allergies that can cause anaphylactic reactions. The EpiPen is an auto-injection delivery system that administers a dose of adrenaline hormones which increases the heart rate and blood pressure and reverses the swelling of the airways. In cases of severe anaphylactic reactions, it can slow the allergic reaction and reverse its effects long enough to allow first responders to arrive or for a person to get to the hospital to receive further treatment.