Every year during Sukkot, hundreds of thousands of Jews visit the Kosel to daven. It’s a beautiful sight to behold: Jews of all backgrounds coming together in unity to celebrate and daven to Hashem : from haredi and modern orthodox to secular, from Askanzaim to Sephardim and Yeminite, from olim to native Israel’s, from tourists to the locals and everyone in between. This will be the first year since 1967, when our holy Yerushalayim was liberated, that the Kosel will be almost entirely bereft of it’s beloved Jews. However this creates an opportunity of epic proportion and no virus will be able to stop it!
For many years, leading Gedolim, like Rav Elyashiv zt`l, have been going to the Kosel for sunrise to daven for donors of the Vaad HaRabbanim’s Sukkos fund. This is no generic tefillah, rather the Rabbanim daven personally for each of the givers, mentioning them by name. The Chachamim treasure this fund, because without it, thousands of Jews would starve during the Chaggim. This money allows families to buy food, replace tattered clothes, and to have a Simchas haChag, a mitzvah min haTorah. Every year, donors report that the reward they received came quickly and in abundance.
This year however presents an opportunity for reward which is in a league of its own, with far greater potential than in previous years. The Kosel, where the schena resides, is usually crowded with Yidden davening to Hashem. This year, few people apart from these Rabbanim, all hand picked by the illustrious Vaad HaRabbanim, have access to the Kosel. They alone will have Hashem’s undivided attention to plea for those who help His children, whose needs are greater than in years past. This opportunity is unlikely to repeat itself again in our lifetimes.
This year comes with another great gift: Rav Chaim will daven for donors by their names on Hoshana Rabbah. Because the list of receipts include needy Kohanim, Talmudei Chachamim, Widows and Orphans, many mitzvahs will be acquired with the click of a button. To learn more about this once in a lifetime, tax deductible opportunity, click here.
