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The winter is coming, and with it, the risk of illness. For many families around the world, however, ‘sick’ means more than just a case of the sniffles. Cancer is currently the leading cause of death in Israel, in both men and women (Israel Ministry of Health). Various other illnesses continue to tear through households as well. There is not one among us who does not know a family affected by disease and its aftermath.
For many sick men, women, and children, the battle against illness extends beyond the physical and into the financial. Devastated by medical bills and often supporting many children, hundreds of frum families struggle to put food on the table each day. Aware of the widespread nature of this phenomenon and its disastrous effects, the Vizhnitzer Rebbe and Rav Chaim Kanievsky met last week to address the situation.
The two rabbanim started an emergency fund for 243 individuals who are confirmed as battling both illness and poverty, and released the following statement on their behalf:
“We know of the many tzedakah activities and of the trustworthiness of Vaad Harabanim, in whose merit thousands of families across Israel are saved from their horrible situations.
Now, the cries of the families of desperately ill people who suffer from terrible illnesses have come before us, among them are those who stand at death’s door, and the matter is one of Pikuach Nefesh for them and their families who have no money even for bread as a result of enormous medical expenses.
Therefore, we have come together to found a special fund in Vaad Harabanim to heal, to support and to revive them.
All those who donate to this fund will merit to see great salvation with whatever they need, and they and their family will be saved measure for measure from all illness, and they will merit to make simchos in their homes and to see nachas from all their descendants with health and parnassah.”
This is a very special opportunity for readers around the world to take action to help families who are desperately suffering, particularly as the chagim approach. As the letter so poignantly details, many of them “stand at death’s door,” lacking even money for bread. The blessing for donors is a powerful one as well, for health in the coming year and beyond.
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