“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.  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. 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*   Nearly 40 young men & women with stories comparable to “Tamar”’s are getting married this month, with the support of Kupat Ha’Ir’s Elul orphan wedding campaign.

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Imagine you’re a young girl who was abandoned by your birth parents, and adopted by a childless couple. Within a short time your “new” parents become dirt poor and can’t afford the basics. Your father becomes ill and can’t take care of you and your mother is too busy for you because she is preoccupied with going door to door asking for Tzedakah just so you can have dinner tonight. You also have no siblings to share your pain with. Do you think that you are likely to get an amazing shidduch?  This is the question Chava Sara often asked herself because she was that girl. As a child, her favorite game was to play “Kallah”, davening that one day she too would have a normal wedding and a fresh start in life.

For five months, thousands joined together to daven for Rabbi Yudi Dukes, who was critically ill with COVID-19. Tehillim groups and mitzvah campaigns were organized and shared by the many who felt the pain of his family as their own. Yudi’s wife, Sarah, bravely chronicled her journey of emunah and bitachon, inspiring others in the face of unimaginable difficulty.   Yudi is now one of the world’s longest hospitalized COVID-19 patients, spending nine weeks on an ECMO, and four months on a ventilator. At times the situation seemed hopelessly grim, and multiple surgeries and treatments were needed. Yet, neither Yudi nor Sarah ever lost hope.

Whether kids are on a trip to the petting zoo or a Chol Hamoed trip to the circus there is no doubt kids of all ages love animals. In this DVD a father and his son set off on an animal adventure to learn all about nature and the Wonders of Hashem. Producer Chaim Hershkowitz tells Kosher Flix , “As I was doing research, I found lots of interesting facts and commentaries. For example, according to several opinions, the second of the 10 plagues in Egypt included swarms of crocodiles!” Intertwined in the DVD are sources and stories from the Torah related to each animal. “Wonders of Hashem – Safari Adventure” covers 10 popular animals found in the African jungle, including the lion, hippo, and giraffe.  “Wonders of Hashem” is a 40 minute journey that kids can watch for hours.

It was Friday, a week and half after Pesach. The lockdown was still in effect, and everyone was home. Father Efraim Blum wasn’t going out at all, even for fresh air, because he was suffering from a high fever. They anxiously awaited It It was Friday, a week and half after Pesach. The lockdown was still in effect, and everyone was home. Father Efraim Blum wasn’t going out at all, even for fresh air, because he was suffering from a high fever. They anxiously awaited the return of his test results.  Suddenly, they heard a thump. Mother left the Shabbos cooking and ran in a panic, only to find her husband lying on the floor, unconscious.  The paramedics arrived and burst into the Blum home. They checked his pulse & began resuscitation.

It was the peak of the first coronavirus wave in Israel and I had been laid off of my job. I was home feeling depressed when it occurred to me: Maybe if I went out to help others who were having a harder time than myself, it would help me gain perspective. That’s when I got in my car and drove to the packing lots for Masbia LeKol Chai. I had heard of Masbia from a friend who had volunteered with them in the past. When I got to the lot I was moved by what I saw: Volunteers of every age and hashkafa, packing boxes with essential groceries. I signed in with my details, and got started. One by one, another man & I loaded the boxes up onto the truck. Mid-afternoon, we set out for Yerushalayim to start delivering the packages.

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One Jerusalem family has recently gone public with the story of how their lives were irrevocably changed over the course of just a few days. The first change was a simcha: Mother Yocheved gave birth to triplets, a challenge & a blessing. Just days later, however, the 9 Shlessinger children attended their mother’s funeral. Yocheved passed away, leaving behind a shocked widower & three babies who would never have the opportunity to know her.  Since her passing, husband Rabbi Dovid Shlessinger has bravely raised a large family without her.

A message to you from Shimon Dushinsky, father of 8 and recent widower: “My wife Rivka was my hero.  She raised our 8 children with such grace and strength, and for the last 6 months she battled stomach cancer. Two weeks ago, she passed away. Devastated is not even the word. Now I am at a loss as to how to cover all of my expenses with only my income. I have to pay 1500 shekel a month  for my daughter Sara’s studies, 800 shekel a month for my son’s yeshiva, 350 shekel a month for my daughter Yehudis’s school, in addition to $40,000 of debts from cancer treatments and other life events.  I turn to you, a man humbled and mourning, to ask you to please help me to take care of my family, and cover our basic expenses, while we recover from this life-changing loss.