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[COMMUNICATED]Kupas Zichron Moshe provides over 600 families in Yerushalayim, including hundreds of almanos and yesomim.
To date, only half of the families have their Pesach expenses covered. A generous donor has offered to double every dollar that is raised during the first week of Nisan.
This year, the kupah is dedicated in the memory of Rav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l, who was the brother-in-law of Rav Moshe Elyashiv. Rav Gamliel Rabinovitch explains that the three amudim, Torah, avodah and gemilus chassadim, were of supreme importance to Rav Chaim.
By giving tzedakah to the kupah, we are emulating the gemilus chassadim of the tzaddik who was taken so suddenly from our midst.

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Pesach is getting closer, and near chaos has broken out in a small set of offices located in Jerusalem. These are the offices of charity organization Vaad HaRabbanim, where 10 new volunteers have been added just to prepare for the flow of Kimcha Depischa donations. With each donation that comes in, another check is written for a poor family. For the families receiving the checks, the help comes at a crucial time: They have only days to purchase groceries and other essentials for the holiday.
One young mother in particular reflects on what Pesach has been like for her family:

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When Moshe Davis was in a terrible accident five years ago, witnesses said it was a miracle that he survived. Moshe had three kids at the time and though crippled and unable to work for the rest of his life, he was immensely grateful that he survived.
But in the end, it was something else that killed him. 
Yesterday, Moshe’s wife and 5 children woke up to a horrifying scene– Moshe had mysteriously died in his sleep. After Hatzolah announced him dead, cause unknown, the scene that followed was heartbreaking– Moshe’s family sobbed over his cold body, refusing to believe that he was actually gone.

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The Guttensteins were the kind of people who made everybody feel like a somebody. When they both passed away several years apart in their mid-thirties, it was a difficult blow for their entire community. But it couldn’t have been more difficult for anyone other than their sole survivor, Meira.
“I was an only child and very close with them,” Meira shared several days ago.
“…I thought the pain would never go away. I was all alone at only fifteen years old.”

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“It has its challenges, but really we love it,” says Fraidy Deutsch* about being one of 14 kids. “That is we did, until…”
Her voice trails off. The Deutsch family* was flipped upside down recently with the diagnosis of their father, a respected Rabbi & talmid chacham. Weighed down by medical debts, the family was forced to downgrade to a one-bedroom apartment. Each night, roll-out mattresses cover the floors of the shabby living room. Their father continues his Torah study & teaching despite being violently ill. Other members of the beis midrash were alarmed when the rabbi lost consciousness mid-shiur.

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With a story like hers, they thought she’d never get married.
It was a sunny Jerusalem morning, and Rachel* was on her way to run an important errand: Seeing a hall for her upcoming wedding. Se got off the bus in front of a simple stone building, and walked into the large glass doors.
“Hello, I’m here to see the hall,” she said softly, mustering her best confident smile.
“Great,” said the employee. “When your family gets here, I will show you the rooms.”

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It was the end of their first date and Yair & Rachel were starting to worry. It seemed the worst case scenario was taking place: They really liked each other.
Why would this be bad news? Well, because then they’d have to tell each other the truth.
“Ever since my father passed away,” began Rachel nervously, “things have been difficult.”
Yair’s eyes opened wide. “Ever since my father passed away, we have struggled too.”

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