Dear Fellow Mispallelim,
Over the past five years, I have collected for various families with differing needs and our shul has always responded warmly and generously. However, the family I am now collecting for, and the purpose of this email, hits much closer to home for me than any of the prior appeals.
This past April, the second night of Pesach, my wife’s uncle, Moredechai Kamin A"H, passed away at the age of 52 after battling an illness for a little less than two years. He left behind his wife and 5 young children between the ages of 10 and 17. Unfortunately, the family is in need of money for their basic necessities and for them to have some semblance of financial stability going forward.
We are all well too familiar with the amounts of money needed to support a family and to meet our ongoing expenses. For a single mother with five children, this burden is tremendous. Coupling this financial burden while dealing with the loss of a loving husband and father makes the burden unfathomable. With the Yomim Tovim upon us, the need is that much greater.
As we ready for Rosh Hashanah and the Yom Hadin, this presents an opportunity for a zechus to provide a family with some menuchas hanefesh in knowing that they are being cared for by others in the Klal. As we sit around our tables for these upcoming Yomim Tovim, we can take great satisfaction in knowing that we have provided the same for another family in need.
In order to preserve the dignity of the family, we have decided to avoid a more broad-based internet campaign (i.e. GoFundMe). That being said, if you know of anyone else that may be interested in contributing, please feel free to pass along.
Tax Deductible donations can be made to:
Kehilas Bais Yehuda Tzvi
Memo: K Almanah Fund
I will be in shul Motzai Shabbos for selichos and will be happy to collect donations from anyone who would like to give in person. I am happy to pick up checks from anyone’s home should that be more convenient or checks can be given to any of the gabbaim.
Alternatively, donations can be made online at KBYT.org. If you are making an online donation, please put "K Almanah Fund" in the payment notes section. In addition, if possible, please kindly forward a copy of the receipt to marcwegh so that we can keep track of the amounts coming in for this particular tzedakah fund.
My apologies for the length of this email and thank you in advance for your generous support. In the merit of your tzedakah, may Hashem bless you and your families with kol mishaalos libecha with simcha, nachas, and parnassa tovah. In the merit of this zechus, may Hashem pay you back kefel k’flayim.
Wishing everyone a kesiva v’chasima tovah and a gut g’bencht yur! From the bottom of my heart, thank you again for your generosity.
Moshe Wegh
