Am Yisrael Chai: They are now the children of all the Jewish People

 

Yitzchak and Talya Ames immigrated from Russia 14 years ago, and leave behind six orphans ranging in age from 24 to 5.  Their only other close family in Israel is an elderly grandmother. OneFamily is already raising funds to help support the family.  There are urgent financial needs, and we are looking for your help.

 Please click here and donate to the One Family Fund -- as generously as you can.

You may also want to give to ZAKA.

*The full name is "ZAKA - Identification, Extraction and Rescue - True Kindness" (Hebrew: זק"א - איתור חילוץ והצלה - חסד של אמת‎).

Members of ZAKA, most of whom are Orthodox Jews, assist ambulance crews, aid in the identification of the victims of terrorism, road accidents and other disasters, and where necessary gather body parts and spilled blood for proper burial. They also provide first aid and rescue services, and help with the search for missing persons and participate in international rescue and recovery operations.

 

On Tuesday night, Maimon Ben Chaim, a ZAKA volunteer from the South Hebron region, hurried to the scene of the fatal shooting attack near Kiryat Arab and began his sacred work at the site. ZAKA volunteers at the site were horrified to discover that one of the victims was his wife, Kochava...

 

 

 

 

Meir Damari, a resident of Beit Hagai said, "Only after many years of trying did Kochava manage to get pregnant and bring a child into the world. Now she is left without a mother," he said sadly.  Kochava Even Chaim was buried in Ashdod. She is survived by her husband and their 8-year-old daughter.

 

* The founders and members of ZAKA prefer to call the organization and their work Chesed shel Emet (חסד של אמת - "true kindness"), because they are dedicated to ensuring that the bodies of Jewish victims are buried according to Halakha, Jewish law. After acts of terrorism, ZAKA volunteers also collect the bodies and body parts of non-Jews, including suicide bombers, for return to their families. The phrase Chesed shel Emet refers to doing "kindness" for the benefit of the deceased, which is considered to be "true kindness", because the (deceased) beneficiaries of the kindness cannot return the kindness.

Comments

[Rick Richman]

This picture is a good illustration for the title of your post: http://tinyurl.com/28lsv8k

[Yael]

I don't know, Rick, that might look "too Jewish." :)