Rabbi Moshe and Sara Chanowitz are the Chabad Shluchim in St Martin in the Caribbean Island.
They are stuck on the Island with their 5 young children. The Island was caught in the eye of Hurricane Irma and is in total devastation. People from their community, as well as many others, lost their homes. There is no power on the Island.
Their home is not livable. Their family is staying in the synagogue which barely survived. They have a generator which will last them 1-2 days, after that they will have no food.
Please help get this family to safe shelter, and help those who lost their homes have food to eat, fuel and shelter. They need help to start rebuilding their homes and their lives.
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Video: Rabbi Moshe Chanowitz updates on the situation
We should be helping your young pure children.
There are thousands of people – women, children, babies – on the island who lost EVERYTHING and don’t even have a mattress to sleep on. Very few are fortunate enough to have a generator for even five minutes. I should hope they had stocked up on non perishable food and water prior to the storm as advised by every weather site the week prior to the storm arriving. The US is trying to arrange transport for citizens; hopefully they can jump on.
What about by boat. Perhaps a cruise ship can be sent to pick up people on many of these islands. Just sharing Ideas no idea how i can help otherwise. Will make a donation.
We should be helping your young pure children.
there are thousands of other people on the island. Do you think they are going to be left to die? They are all going to be helped and/or evacuated. Why the need for a private jet?
Moshe yaakov ben Rochel kreina
Sara Bas Bluma zissel
Menachem mendel ben Sara
Yitzchok Yehuda ben Sara
Rivka Bas Sara
Shneur Zalman ben Sara
Chaya Mushka Bas Sara
Please say Tehillim, another hurricane is passing over Shabbos.
Sara bas zisel bluma, Moshe Yaacov ben rochel, menachem Mendel ben Sara, yitzchok yehudah ben Sara, Rifka bas Sara, shnuer Zalman ben Sara, Chaya Mushka bas Sara!
They cant even get a plane now since there is no place for one to land. Same issue for helicopter. We need to storm the heavens!
Names for Tehillim?
It was difficult to even get ahold of one. Please give all you can any maaser money you have left to help these people the aibeahter will pay 10x guaranteed!
Besides the devastation that they need to rebuild, it’s extremely expensive to get them off the island to a safe place. Please give all you can to help them
What about arrangements for transportation to a safe location,
such as a helicopter?
Other than a funding drive what is/can practically being done to get him to a safe place?