Yad Yosef Bridal Fund - Rabbi David Ozeri

I just would like to thank everybody for coming today. Um, for the first time in maybe 20 years, our bridal fund was dry before today. We always, thank God, we always have money to give out. All of a sudden, we became dry. The amount of weddings that are going on, thank God, are beyond our comprehension. And the more weddings there are, the more money we need. Now, if somebody calls me and says, "I need help with my wedding." Fine. Where you making the wedding in Charition? Sorry, can't help you. You're making a $100,000 wedding and you want money from charity. We can't do that. So, we're talking about people that really need it, that are really scrging to make a wedding. Um, we made a hund we helped 170 weddings this year. We spent over $550,000 on these weddings. Andem they keep coming and what can I say the more the marrier. Um the rabbis tell us tell us that one of the greatest mitzvah there are out there is helping a a poor bride. It can't be anything more than that. We are not the only bridal fund in the community. There are about a half a dozen bridal funds in the community. I don't know if we are the biggest but we are from the biggest bridal funds in the community. I would love to give out a million dollars in the next year, not $550,000, but that takes work. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Eva Kerry Hashimo, who this was actually her brainchild many years ago. How many years ago was it? >> 23 >> 23 years ago is when we actually started officially the YadF bridal fund. And we have given away millions of dollars. millions of dollars in these years. And we want to thank Eva and her team of women who are here all year long. Actually, all year long, they're working. I have days where Eva walks into the office with bags of change here. This is from Kaport. Literally, we have we could get donations as much as bag of change or an anonymous donation of $100,000, but every penny counts. Is Mrs. Shalam here? where Hi, how are you? We want to take this opportunity to thank you for hosting this beautiful morning event. We have a little token of our appreciation. Could you open it up? >> Open it. Open it. >> Open it. >> Open it. Open it. Rip it up. >> Let open it. >> Yeah. Come open. She won't open it. Open it. She's not going to open it. Okay. >> Rip it. Rip it. I have no patience for this. Keep opening. Eva, put it up here. >> How much can you hit? >> Yes, you did. >> Oh, good. The bike. >> This is ridiculous. >> There we go. interference. >> I mean, I have one on over there, but I rather >> We're getting there. We're getting there. >> I was saying the interference just started. >> Just started. >> He's unwrapping it. >> Stop unwrapping. You want to try and turn it off? >> Here we go. >> How's that? >> Now it's off. Now it's off. Presented to Mars and Adele Shalam for their outstanding hospitality in hosting the bridal fund event, New Jersey. >> Thank you so much. >> Throw it in the box. >> Thank you. just a small token of our appreciation to open up your house on a Thursday and to turn it into this great event is really something special. Thank you so much.