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As concern and even panic sweep the globe regarding the spread of coronavirus, most Jews opt to do as they have always done: Have bitachon, and do hishtadlus. At this stage it seems the best hishtadlus is to follow the instructions of the local health departments,
to wash hands regularly, and to avoid touching one’s face. The rabbanim chime in, however, with another form of spiritual hishtadlus: Giving tzedaka to help those who are ill.
“My father, my teacher the Sar HaTorah shlita said that all those who donate a tangible sum to the Kupat Hair fund … will merit, measure for measure, that he will not be ill and there will be no illness in his home.
Signing in honor of the great mitzvah,
Yitzchok Shul Kanievsky son of HaGaon Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlita”
Donations made to a Kupat Ha’Ir fund will go toward poor Jewish families affected by illness. Now is a particularly urgent time, as many are hastily preparing for Purim and Pesach, and simultaneously struggling to afford life-saving treatments. This, midah k’neged midah, is part of your hishtadlus for your own health.
All donors will be davened for by Rav Chaim Kanievsky every Erev Shabbos before candle lighting.
WE, here in America, should take care of ANIYE IRENU, whether NY, Cleveland, Baltimore, or where ever! Nobody in Israel will support these aniyim! The local poor, when they get to see the (financial) light, will bless us, and it will heap brochos upon us.
According to the ARIZAL, when the Ribono Shel Olam told Avraham Avinu “BeCha Yiheyu Chosmim” [Psachim 117b], He was saying that what will transition us to Yemos HaMashiach: the Midah of Avraham Avinu, Chesed!
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