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100% Give-away to Those Who are Impoverished

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Here's the 2023 summary report for our Purim Gifts to the Poor Campaign.

Thanks to all the donors to this year's campaign, we can humbly report that we will have raised just over $49,481, when the last pledge arrives, exceeding our total from last year by $9,194.
 
We were able to add four families to the number we gave to last year, while two families did not need our help, and some previous families received more. The money was received by . . .

1)    A mother, a divorced convert in Israel, with a large family, fighting for the rights to see her children, who is making a wedding for her daughter with $0 in her bank account.  (Click here to listen to her moving appreciation.)

Glossary for her thank you message

matzav                 - situation

kallah                   - bride

freilicha                - happy

m'afaylah l'orah   - from darkness to light

mamash              - really

ne'eman              - loyal

adela                   - refined

sipuk                   - satisfaction

Shamayim           - Heaven

Shechinah           -The Divine Presence

2)    One divorcé from Deerfield with an ex-husband who refuses to make his support payments, and yes, she is not Orthodox.

3)    A teacher living with a very large family, who just married off one child, and even though the wedding was modest, it was very challenging.

4)    A divorcé with one child in college limping by on two hourly jobs with an ex-husband who is mentally ill and incapable of providing for his fair share of their daughter's education and basic needs.

5)    A poor Israeli family, with many children, who this year couldn’t afford to fix their water pipes, who now has a very sick child they cannot afford to take care of properly.

6)    A sixty year old physically disabled woman, unemployed, who often does not have enough money for her food bills.

7)    One couple with several children who are frequently behind on their rent and in danger of losing their apartment.  This year, at the direction of an important local rabbi, we paid their gift directly to their landlord to ensure they can stay in their apartment.

8)  An American in Israel, a successful contractor, whose business closed, and now has been out of work for a few years.

9)  A formerly employed man and his family who are so embarrassed to be receiving charity that we are not supposed to publish any details.

10)  A large family, where the father is a computer programmer, who just had his salary cut in half. They just cannot make ends meet.

11) An American couple with a medically challenged child, whose breadwinner has been diagnosed with a medical challenge himself and hasn't worked in over a year.

12) A TORAHUB student and former generous supporter of The Ember Foundation, who has fallen on very hard times and has trouble paying his bills, who was beyond extremely moved when he opened his envelope.

13) An Israeli family with several children. The father teaches and tutors full-time and the mother works for minimum wage. Although they scrape by, the upcoming Passover expenses are a daunting nightmare. 

14) A local family going through serious and expensive medical problems and other overwhelming expenses.

15)  A local family living in an older home that cannot keep up with sorely needed home repair expenses, under mounting pressure from continued medical expenses.

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All the checks were distributed by Rabbi Albin to each person on Purim or to their halachic representative who he or a staff member knows well.

May we merit to do more mitzvahs.

A heartfelt thank you, 

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Yehuda Albin, Daniel Muskat, Baruch Tuman, Nachum Albin & Faith Newman

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Donations can we made via Zelle @ info@torahub.org or at the DONATE page below

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