Nearly 40 students from Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy in Los Angeles packed first aid kits for ZAKA volunteers in a chessed project as part of their Bar/Bat Mitzvah tour to Israel.

After a short introduction to the work of ZAKA in the Jerusalem headquarters, the students packed essential emergency supplies into the bags to be distributed to ZAKA volunteers in the field. According to David Rose, ZAKA International Director, the students were excited to take part in a chessed project, which made their visit to Jerusalem even more meaningful. “We presented the students with individual certificates of appreciation and invited them to continue along this same path of chessed when they return home, by adopting a project in their school and communities to support ZAKA. We invite schools and shuls to contact ZAKA to arrange similar chessed opportunities during their Bar/Bat Mitzvah tours to Israel.”

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)