They’ve lost their mother. We won’t let them lose their future.

Just a few weeks ago, the Stern house was filled with simcha and the sound of Mazel Tov wishes as one of the daughters B”H got engaged.

Then, just days later, the family received the dreaded diagnosis that no one ever wants to hear.

Their devoted mother was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. Within a matter of a few frantic weeks, the unthinkable happened. Rivka Malya Stern A”H, a woman defined by her warmth, eidelkeit, and dedication to being a true Akeres Habayis, was taken from this world far too soon.

Just like that, the music stopped. The family went directly from preparing for a wedding to sitting shiva. Can we even imagine what it’s like to process a blow like that?

This wasn't just any home. The nifeteres and her husband built a true Chasidish home where they raised their 11 children to serve Hashem and be happy with little. They moved to Eretz Yisroel where they lived with absolute minimums, and kept all their focus on raising fine, Chassidishe boys and girls. And now, this home has suffered the unimaginable. 

Right now, there are six yesomim still at home, the youngest just three years old. The day after shiva ends, one of the boys has his bar mitzvah. And just weeks after that, the newly engaged kallah will walk down to her chuppah, without her mother by her side.

The pain and void in their lives will take lots of time and many tefilos to heal. But the financial reality won’t wait.

We cannot bring their mother back. But we can respond to the pleas of her pure soul as she looks down from above. Together, we can step up and assure the yesomim that money will not stand in the way of their future.

Right now, it falls on us to make sure that the family can move forward with not only covering the costs of the upcoming Bar Mitzvah and the kallah’s wedding expenses, but also removing the crushing medical debt from the father’s shoulders and covering their many other costs so that he can focus on being there for his kids.

Please, open your heart today. Help us give this heartbroken family the support and stability they desperately need to rebuild.

As we prepare for the Yom Hadin, let us remember the guarantee of their new father in Shomayim:

אם אתה משמח את שלי אני משמח את שלך!

Thank you and Besuros Tovos