Misha needs a prayer this Rosh Hashana

This Rosh Hashana, we pray to G-d to grant us a sweet and peaceful year.

In Ukraine, we have had one disastrous year. Revolutions, economic meltdown, and war loom over our heads.

Misha is from Lugansk and his mother is still there, besieged and unable to leave. He was just notified that he will be laid off his job, and what worries him most is that he can’t help his mom.

He will be in synagogue this Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. Can he take for granted that there will be a machzor at his seat?

                   

The Jewish community of Chernigov needs 100 new machzorim, both for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, to handle the influx of people coming to pray.

You can give Misha and dozens of Jews like him the comfort and hope of reading the traditional prayers.

Your help will purchase a set of High Holiday prayer books for the Jews of Chernigov.

Please partner with us, and may G-d answer all of your prayers for good.

You can help now, with your tax-deductible donation.

9 months of chaos, war and a total economic meltdown

YES! I want to provide the holiday spirit to the battle-worn Jews of Ukraine this Rosh Hashana season, with my tax-deductible gift of:

$36 to provide a food package to help a destitute, hungry family with their basic holiday needs.

$54 to provide a set of high holiday Machzorim (prayer books)
$72 to provide a set of high holiday Machzorim and a food package to help adestitute family with their basic holiday needs.
$90 to provide a set of High Holiday Machzorim and a hot holiday meal for 2hungry people.
$180 to provide 2 sets of High Holiday Machzorim and 2 food packages to helpdestitute families with their basic holiday needs.
$360 to provide 5 sets of High Holiday Machzorim and hot holiday meals for theentire Rosh Hashana for 5 hungry people
.$500 to provide 5 sets of High Holiday Machzorim and 5 tallits
$900 to provide 10 sets of High Holiday Machzorim and feed 5 familiesthroughout Rosh Hashanah
$1800 to provide 50 destitute families with food packages containing basicnecessities.


Every dollar will help to nourish a precious and deserving Jewish soul.

In Turbulent Ukraine, Shluchim Unite

For the Jews of Ukraine, this past year has been one of extreme turmoil.

This challenging year has seen revolutions, war, and economic collapse. Through all the unrest and tension, Jews throughout Ukraine have reached to the shluchim for support, and the shluchim continue to provide for their needs – both practical and spiritual -  with devotion.

This past Shabbos provided a much needed chance for the shluchim of Ukraine to recharge their batteries. Thanks to the devotion of Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, vice chairman of Merkos L’lnyonei Chinuch, and to the shliach Rabbi Ben Tzion Lipsker of the Meromim Foundation, close to twenty shluchim from Ukraine came together for a ‘Shabbos Achdus’, a Shabbos  which will be remembered forever. The shluchim came from all over the country, driving from as far as 20 hours to Dniepropetrovsk.

The Shabbaton was held in the beautiful Menorah Center in Dniepropetrovsk, the ‘largest Jewish center in the world’.

5 star accommodations and delicious catered meals were just the beginning of the experience. Each minute of the 4 day program was filled with action. The children loved being together with other young shluchim from Ukraine, and especially the special activities arranged just for them. It was precious to see the faces of the young shluchim, enjoying kosher ice cream as a rare treat. The shluchim and shluchos had separate farbrengens and workshops. The families especially enjoyed the trips together including a boat ride, an action-packed park with rides and rope course, and a fascinating and tasty visit to a chocolate factory.

The shluchim returned to their prospective communities rejuvenated and inspired, convinced that their achdus will help to bring brocha and peace to their country

The Shabbaton was made possible thanks to the incredible generosity of Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, and to the Meromim Foundation. Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetsky, head shliach of Dniepropetrovsk generously gave of his time and resources to enable this to be the most comfortable experience all around.

Special thanks to Rabbi Moshe Weber of Dniepropetrovsk for attending to every detail and to Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein of Chernigov for coordinating the event.