Why we opened this campaign
Imagine the Cohen family: Sara, David, and their ten young children, living in a modest apartment in the heart of Beitar. Each year as Passover approaches, they face the same challenge: the cost of preparing a traditional Passover Seder is more than they can manage. While neighbors begin to decorate their homes and stock up on holiday supplies, the Cohens feel the weight of the season, not with joy, but with worry.
This year, however, something wonderful happened. Thanks to the support of compassionate donors like you, the Yad Yitzchok foundation was able to provide the Cohen family with everything they needed to celebrate Passover with dignity and happiness. Your generosity has transformed their holiday from a time of stress to a celebration filled with gratitude and joy.
Passover is one of the most important holidays, which we look forward to with special anticipation! It reminds us of the liberation of our people from Egyptian slavery and the importance of respecting freedom and life!
By law, every Jew is required to ensure that they have everything necessary for the festive meal at Passover. However, not all Jews can afford even the essentials for this significant event.
Kimcha de-Pischa means "flour for Passover". This is not just a set of words! Every Jew has to help those who cannot afford the festive expenses of Passover.
(The Talmud, Bava Batra, Ch. 1) The Zohar states: on holidays, a person should be happy and bring joy to the poor.
That's why the "Yad Yitzchak" foundation helps needy Jews every year by collecting donations for them at Passover.
It is important to remember that during this holiday, everyone should be happy and bring joy to the poor. The principle of "measure for measure" applies here. And when we help the poor, God helps us.
Maimonides writes: "When he eats meat and drinks wine, he is obliged to feed the stranger, the orphan, the widow, and other deprived individuals. A person who locks the doors of his courtyard, eats and drinks with his sons and his wife, but does not provide food or drink to the poor - this is not the joy of the holiday but of his belly." (Hilchot Yom Tov, 6:18)
The Shulchan Aruch (429) says that everyone should participate in "Kimcha de-Pischa". We should be generous and do everything possible to ensure every Jew has a kosher holiday.
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