RABBI MOSF.S FEINSTEIN 1',t!)tzl)''D i1f!.'~ 455 F. D. R. DRIVE o•'f171i• n11uln o"; AN URGENT New York. N. Y. 10002 piK' N'l.l:J ORegon 7-1222 PROCLAMATION With the economic situation in our Holy I issue my personal appeal to every American Jew to aid • Kolel America Rabbi Meir Baal Haness, founded by Land steadily and drastically worsening, more Rabbi Y .L. Diskin, ZT'L, to help our impoverished fellow and more families are being forced to turn to Americans in our Holy Land. Kole! America for assistance. Each month, In the last few years, tens of thousands of Americans hundreds of applications are received, increas­ settled in Israel and inflation soared. Kolel America has increased its activities greatly, supporting thousands of ing the budget astronomically. persons. The organization is depending upon the increased We therefore issue this heartfelt appeal: generosity of American Jews-their only source of "Open your hands wide to your American income. brethren-Aniyey lrcho-who deserve prior­ I have stated many times in the past that Kolel America is first to receive our charity according to the law of ity in their time of need! We proclaim it a precedence of local needy (Aniyey Irom). Therefore, it is sacred obligation upon every Jew to support a sacred obligation upon every Jew in America to support Kole! America most generously. Kolel America. \'' CiJir'J ';\I?,./ Moshe Feinstein HONORARY PRESIDIUM Rabbi Moshe Feinstein Rabbi Yaacov Kamenetsky Never before have so many needed so Rabbi Yaacov Y. Ruderman Rabbi Chaim P. Scheinberg much help for Pesach as in our Holy Rabbi Pinchas M. Alter Rabbi Shlomo z. Auerbach Grand Rabbi Hiski Babad Land this year! The worst economic Grand Rabbi Sholom N. Rabbi Sholom Y. Elyashuv Rabbi Tzvi Meir Ginsberg crisis in Israel's history has forced Ben:ovsky Rabbi A. Malkiel Kotler Rabbi Mordechai Gifter Grand Rabbi Yisroel A. Portugal thousands of our American brethren Rabbi Yaacov Y. Kanievski Rabbi Shmuel Taubenfeld Grand Rabbi Yaacov Perlow R bb' y·tz h k S U to apply to Kolel America for Maos 1 1 0 Rabbi David Singer a c · nger Chittim aid. The flood of requests Grand Rabbi Abraham Twersky *Partial List increases every day. American Jewry is Kolel r---__ ... _____ .............. _............... _...... _. .......... , America's only source of I Here is my Passover Maos Chittim donation for the needy I income. Answer the per­ I in Israel (as checked): I I I sonal appeal of Hagaon I 0$600 0$35o 0$200 0$100 o$5o 0$25 0$1s 0$ ..... I A Large A Small A Couple A Widow A Student An Orphan Chai Every •. Rav Moshe Feinstein and I Family Family For Life Donation the leaders of every seg­ I ~~ I I I ment of world Jewry. I 0 Please 'end me "FREE Sede< 0 Send me a Kole! America Charity I Open your hand and I Guide(mcall(718)871-4lllfo, Pushka I I your heart so that your .~~ I I fellow Americans in Is­ I KOLEL AMERICA Name I rael will have the neces­ I I I The American Charity Of Address I sities for Pesach this year. I RABBI MEIR I Send your generous I BAAL HANESS City/State/Zip I 132 Nassau Sneer• New York, N.Y. 10038 I Maos Chittim donation, I 5422 Sil<reenth Ave.• B'klyn, N.Y. 11204 I Donations to Kole! America ate tax deductible. I today! 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XVIII, NO. 3 r THIS IS NO PICNIC Walk through the town of Pardes Chana in Israel leak and windows are broken. During the winter, rain on a windy winter day and you'll see two groups of pours right into so1ne classrooms. children sitting on cartons with their teachers in front of Several months ago the principal of the Chinuch a small dilapidated school 'house. They aren't sitting Atzmai school in Beer Sheva came to Harav Schach, outside to enjoy the fresh breeze. There simply isn't Rosh Hayeshiva of Ponevitz, crying that the roof was enough room inside for all the children and there falling in on the children in his school! is no money available to erect a ------------------ Har av Schach immediately new building. GIYEEY$YJEWISHCfflLD' wrote a personal check for the You can see the same in (N ISRAEL' THE CHANCE .•.· principal to cover the cost of Tifrach, in Ashdod, in 'y()'l..EARNTORAH'tODAY emergency repairs. Yerushalalm"s Haari school, -,_,- -- -- > , , But even while our doors and at dozens of other Chinuch .JOIN US AT OUR 32ND are bursting with new children, Atzmai schools throughout A\li!JilUAL DINNER the Israeli government has just Israel. cut 1.500 hours per week of While secular government schooling out of our budget, school buildings stand ---JHE en!argingourdeficitbyanother ~~!~t~ti~~:dbeg~~~s~h~~uc0~ W~l.l)QHJi.ASTORJA ~~~~po~pth~ d~f~cft~~ s~~~i~'i Atzmai schools to accept their programs not funded by the children.