Dear Friend,

I’ve written so many drafts of this letter and then scrapped them, because each of them fails to convey the heartache that Yad Eliezer sees each day.

First I tried with statistics. Nearly 1 in 3 children in Eretz Yisrael are living below the poverty line. This is an unbelievably high number but it doesn’t put a face onto real living tragedies. You can’t see, from numbers, a child who won’t be able to talk about his seder because there really wasn’t any food. You can’t see from a number a single mother, who simply cannot begin to imagine making Pesach.

Then I tried to write something about Pesach itself and how intertwined it is with the concept of Tzedaka, about Maos Chittim being the beginning – before we can even start – Kol Dichfin Yese V’yechol. But most books and articles say this so much better that I can.

And so, I’m just going to tell you some simple facts:

Yad Eliezer is feeding thousands of the most desperately needy families all over Eretz Yisrael.
We receive heartbreaking requests constantly.
We work on a shoestring budget so that whatever you send is used as real Tzedaka.

Every penny you give for Maos Chittim will be used for Pesach.

And – in the merit of your Tzedaka and Chesed, may you all be blessed with a Chag Kasher V’Sameach.

Sincerely,
Dov Vizel
Yad Eliezer

P. S. Please contribute generously to our drive via our secure website: http://www.yadeliezer.org/

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