Severe birth complications have left Sara* in a coma for the past three months. Her impoverished family would have been without recourse were it not for Yad Eliezer’s assistance. The mounting expenses of specialized baby formula for the infant have been fully covered. Thankfully, Sara has been emerging from the coma over the past few [...]

Severe birth complications have left Sara* in a coma for the past three months. Her impoverished family would have been without recourse were it not for Yad Eliezer’s assistance. The mounting expenses of specialized baby formula for the infant have been fully covered. Thankfully, Sara has been emerging from the coma over the past few [...]

It’s not every Shabbos that tears of joy are shed by grown men and women. But these were no ordinary Shabbosim. This was history in the making – the first ever Shabbos at Camp Kaylie for girls and the first ever Camp Kaylie Shabbos for boys a week later –at the first ever fully integrated camp for [...]

When financial straits forced Yad Eliezer to consider closing the Big Brothers and Big Sisters program in 1999, word got around to Rav Chaim Kanievski. Rav Chaim, as he is affectionately known, is one of the greatest Torah scholars of his generation. The telephone rang in the Yad Eliezer offices one morning shortly after the [...]

Dov Weisel is a modest man who runs from honor, but the truth is that he is the manager of Israel’s largest anti-poverty organization.  His office sports a wooden desk crowded with drafts and documents, a small round table for  discussions, several chairs, and a large bookcase. It’s an important office for important meetings, but [...]

What would you have done? A neighbour knocked on the Weisel family’s door asking to borrow a bag of flour. Mrs. Weisel kindly acquiesced, handing the neighbour the bag of flour with a smile. You probably would have done the same. But the neighbour returned the next evening asking to borrow a carton of milk. What [...]

Dov Weisel grew up surrounded by boxes. During the early days of Yad Eliezer when Dov was young, the entire organization functioned on a volunteer basis, and most of it functioned out of his home. “I remember my father tossing me over food boxes to get me into bed,” reminisces Dov with a smile. The fledgling [...]

People are frequently disappointed by the faults they find in those for whom they care. Parents become disappointed when their children don’t succeed. Spouses become disappointed with each other. In most cases they become accustomed to these faults even when they’re unexpected. However, in some cases, they consider the fault so serious, that it causes the [...]

Naaleh.com presents Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller discussing how to have Meaningful and Productive Summers for Our Children. Summertime is a time of possibilities. Summertime is also very long and if it is unstructured it can be a challenge. Therefore, we must be prepared and find the right structure. As Ravi Tzvi Meir says, ‘the icur (main [...]

When Germany’s ambassador, Dr. Harald Kindermann came to visit the headquarters of United Hatzalah he may have been expecting a routine stop at an Israeli institution of emergency medical care. What he found when he arrived was far more compelling. It was the dispatch center with its broad array of advanced technology manned by Orthodox [...]