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Ever since I was a little boy, I’ve been fascinated by stories of the Gedolei Yisroel. From Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach ztz”l to Rav Elyashiv zt”l, I loved to hear about each Gadol’s extraordinary kindness and wisdom.
One Rabbi in particular that I was drawn to was Rav Yeshaya of Kerestir. “Reb Shayaleh,” as he was known, was visited by thousands, many of whom claimed he worked miracles. Reb Shayaleh kept the practice of giving a “kamia,” a handwritten piece of paper, to those who needed to be protected. Our tradition passes down that those who received this kamia saw results that were “beyond nature.”

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News spread quickly last Friday afternoon that the Gadol HaDor, Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l, had passed away from a major heart attack. Just three days before his passing, however, the Rav was in the news:
For several years now, Rav Kanievsky has been the face & voice of most of Vaad HaRabbanim’s charity campaigns. Thousands of people rely on help from Vaad HaRabbanim to cover their most basic needs. Last week, Rav Kanievsky revived an ancient tradition: The writing of a kamia.

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“Oy, nebach.”
“I feel so bad for him.”
“That poor boy.”
“What’s next?”
The neighbors were used to discussing Avraham Tzvi. First, his mother passed away and everyone felt horrible for the teenage boy left behind. Then his father remarried and he was sent to live with his grandparents, and they wondered how he would recover. Next his grandfather passed away and he lost his only parent in this world once again.
“One pen cannot describe,” says a letter signed by Rav Yisroel Miller of the Badatz & Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l, “what he has experienced in the past few years.”

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Right now, something historical is about to occur: Hundreds of refugees of all ages are on an El Al flight and in a few hours, they will be landing in Ben Gurion airport. They have survived one of the deadliest wars we have seen in decades, and they are coming to Eretz Yisroel with nothing but the shirts on their backs. They face the terrifying prospect of starting over– New country, new culture, new language, new people. They are scared, exhausted after being on the run for days, and they are all alone.
But not for long.
The Rachmastrivka Rebbe, Rav Naftoli Nussbaum, Rav Chaim Feinstein, Rav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi, and Rav Reuven Elbaz are responding to the desperate situation with a passionate mission– To help them survive.

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Rav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi and the Rachmastrivka Rebbe are joining hands with three other massive gedolim with a very special cause this Adar: Helping frum Ukranian refugees who are on their way to Eretz Yisroel.
The Rabbinim explain that these families had to suddenly leave everything behind, boarding the airplane with nothing but the shirts on their backs. They left behind homes, property, and businesses that they have been working on for years. And now, they will arrive in Eretz Yisroel with nothing but tears in their eyes and a hopeful prayer on their lips. 

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With headlines on the war in Ukraine slowly dwindling, readers were under the false pretenses as of late that the war was hopefully coming to an end. But unfortunately, that couldn’t be farther from the truth.
Russia is still attacking Ukraine relentlessly, with news headlines this morning colored with horrific details of an expecting mother and baby who were tragically killed after Russia bombed a maternity hospital in Mariupol.
According to U.S. officials, Russia is currently turning to China with requests for military and financial aid for the ongoing Ukraine invasion, and the end of this brutal war is nowhere in sight.

What happens to these children NOW is up to YOU.
Thousands of refugees are coming to Eretz Yisroel from Ukraine, and HUNDREDS are registering their children in Shuvu schools EVERY SINGLE DAY for a Torah education!
It is only due to the round-the-clock efforts of Shuvu representatives meeting these refugees at the airport and at hotels to help direct Ukrainian refugees to Shuvu schools for a Torah education that these children are not going to public schools.

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Readers around the world have followed the story of a group of Ukrainian Jewish refugees led by Rabbi Peretz Krohn. The group are mostly from the city of Uman. With bombs destroying their home town, they made their way to the other side of the Hungarian border. Their lives were threatened every step of the way.