This message comes from Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein,
President of International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. www.ifcj.org.
They need your help now to fill Passover
food boxes to impoverished Jews in the former Soviet Union and Israel. Please visit their website to see how you may
be a blessing to impoverished Jews.
Message from Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein:
For the thousands of Jewish families and elderly who
will be receiving Passover Food Boxes from dedicated friends like you, our Fill the Pantry
Passover food campaign is already a success.
I would like to share one moving story of why each Passover Food Box we provide during our Fill the Pantry Passover campaign is so important.
Her name is Irina and she lives in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine
with her daughter Nastya.
Right now their “home” is a dilapidated former army barracks
where there is no indoor plumbing and the leaky roof makes it terribly cold and
damp. They have nowhere else to go. Ever since Irina was laid off from her job,
she struggles to provide her daughter with life’s basic necessities.
It broke Irina’s heart to know that because of their extreme
poverty, she would not be able to give Nastya a proper Passover celebration. So
you can imagine her relief when she learned that The Fellowship was
distributing Passover Food Boxes to hungry Jewish families.
“I have no words that can adequately express my gratitude to
The Fellowship. Without you, we would not have simple foods to fill
our stomachs or the special foods needed to celebrate the Passover Seder,”
explained Irina.
With prayers for shalom, peace,
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
President
