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With the world’s conversations and headlines monopolized by the coronavirus, some may forget that there are others suffering from illness around the world. These individuals are under more pressure than ever: With a growing number of unemployed, being more susceptible to severe cases of the virus, and with elective surgeries postponed, many members of klal yisroel are now fighting for their lives.

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With the COVID-19 outbreak constantly increasing, daily complications arise for families all over. Many find themselves suddenly burdened with an acute food crisis. Tomchei Shabbos has been inundated these past few days with requests for assistance, as households from all walks of life struggle with their new reality.
Every hour, the Tomchei Shabbos staff is adding clients and doing their very best to ensure everyone is properly taken care of.

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New restrictions were placed on the Israeli public by the Ministry of Health today, specifying that no one leave their home for any non-essential purpose, such as purchasing food or medicine. The number of coronavirus patients has risen to 337, and all efforts possible are being taken to prevent a spread which could overwhelm the country’s already overcrowded medical system.
Desperate for answers and solutions, the Jewish people turn to Rav Chaim Kanievsky for chizuk. Kanievsky has been a major player in headlines related to the outbreak this week, after advising that chedarim stay open in order to avoid bitul Torah, as well as recommending that klal yisroel be m’chazek in shmiras haloshon.

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Rabbi Avrohom Weinrib
It takes a world class communicator like Rabbi Ephraim Wachsman to encapsulate Kinyan Hamasechta in a single story. It happened many years ago.  Rabbi Wachsman had just concluded a shiur on the importance, the beauty, and the blessing of Limud HaTorah. A young man approached him and said, “I support Torah. I want my kids to learn Torah. I love Torah  – until I take out a Gemara. I just don’t enjoy learning.” Rabbi Wachsman responded that every Yid has his own path to Torah, and when one finds that path, the enjoyment is  indescribable. “I give you a bracha,” he concluded, “that you should find your individualized path to Torah very soon.” With this, the discussion ended.

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Of course, every one of us would, if we could, provide the full $18,000 for a couple in need. But this amount is beyond the reach of most of us. The “V’zakeini” initiative allows us to provide the funds by joining together as a rabim, as a united tzibbur. 
The “V’zakeini” initiative harnesses the unique power that Jewish women possess while lighting their Shabbos candles, uniting women from across the globe.
The cost of IVF treatment for a couple is $18,000, an amount that is too costly for many people, who turn to Bonei Olam for funds to cover the necessary procedures.
Through the “V’zakeini” initiative, a pool of 18,000 women will be donating $1 at candle- lighting time every Friday afternoon.

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Rav Shimon Galai and Rav Mordechai Shmuel Edelstein made a rare move this week by releasing a public letter on the behalf of a Bnei Brak talmid chacham. The statement reads as follows:
“We are coming with a fervent request for one of our fellow citizens of our city, Bnei Brak, who teaches Torah and a father to a large family. He has found himself in serious financial trouble, he is drowning in [medical] debt and his home is about to collapse…
Certainly, whoever helps this family will merit Heavenly help and much success in everything they do. With nachas from all their descendants in spiritual and physical matters. 
Mordechai Shmuel Edelstein
Shimon Galai”

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As concern and even panic sweep the globe regarding the spread of coronavirus, most Jews opt to do as they have always done: Have bitachon, and do hishtadlus. At this stage it seems the best hishtadlus is to follow the instructions of the local health departments,
to wash hands regularly, and to avoid touching one’s face. The rabbanim chime in, however, with another form of spiritual hishtadlus: Giving tzedaka to help those who are ill.
“My father, my teacher the Sar HaTorah shlita said that all those who donate a tangible sum to the Kupat Hair fund … will merit, measure for measure, that he will not be ill and there will be no illness in his home.

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This year due to the unfortunate growth of the needy in Zichron Moshe, Rav Gamliel Rabinowitz is taking an unusual step, and will hold a special tefillah every day, for all the donors and their families  to Kupas Zichron Moshe of $180 or more. 
 
Your donation will ensure that all the families in Zichron Moshe will be able to come to the Seder with the bare necessities, and be able to experience a simchas yom tov.

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