By COLlive reporter
A day of joy and unity in appreciation to the Hatzalah volunteers in North America is being planned for Lag Baomer, COLlive.com has learned.
A live-streamed concert and telethon as a day of appreciation, inspiration, and entertainment will take place on Lag Baomer, and will feature Jewish music star Avraham Fried along with many other stars of Jewish entertainment.
The 24-hour fundraising drive and concluding concert event is being organized by Crown Heights businessmen and activists, Zalmy Cohen, Berel Junik and Shloime Greenwald, as a continuation of their Miracle Torah project.
The United for Protection Torah, which united over 300,000 Jewish people worldwide for the protection and healing of the Jewish people, has completed one Torah and has begun with a second one. All additional proceeds have been donated to the Hatzalah organization in appreciation for their tireless work on the front lines during the crisis.
The drive will feature a unique donate page for each local branch of Hatzalah, allowing community members to support their volunteers directly. (A complete list of participating Hatzalahs can be found at the end of this article.)
Abraham Wurzberger, Executive Director Chevra Hatzalah of NYC, thanked the three activists on behalf of all Hatzalah organizations in North America whose volunteers continue to dedicate time and resources to saving lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Hatzalah has unfortunately been receiving unprecedented levels of calls. Hatzalah volunteers have never been so overwhelmed in our history,” he said. “In an unsolicited act of true generosity, United for Protection donated all the excess funds from the sale of letters in the first Miracle Sefer Torah to Chevra Hatzalah.
“Now, United For Protection has approached us, pledging to create a 24-hour drive to further support the sacred work of Hatzalah during these historically difficult times.
“United for Protection is to be applauded for their tireless effort to create unity amongst Am Yisroel and for their steadfast support of Hatzalah.
“We kindly encourage all North American, and worldwide, Jewish communities to unite and embrace this special day of unity on Lag Baomer with your full heart and an open hand.
“We believe that this demonstration of unity will hasten the Geulah and bring an end to our suffering on this auspicious day, Lag B’Omer, as in the times of the Talmidim of Rabbi Akiva,” he said.
The concert will be aired on COLlive.com.
Participating Hatzalah branches include:
Boro Park
Catskills
Crown Heights
East Side
Flatbush
Mill Basin/Canarsie
Queens
Riverdale
Rockaways/ Nassau County
Staten Island
Upper East Side
Washington Heights
West Side
Williamsburg
Monroe/ Kiryas Joel
Rockland County/Monsey
Jersey Shore
Lakewood
Middlesex County
Passaic/Clifton
Hudson County
Baltimore
Chicago
Detroit
Houston
Dallas
Los Angles
Hatzalah of South Florida
Philadelphia
Waterbury
Kiryas Tosh
Montreal
Toronto
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Will this be free?
it says it will be aired on collive, probably free
What’s with Willimsburg Hatzalah? Is everything ok? I don’t see their name on the list.