Keren Meromim & Yitzchak Mirilashvili Presentation - Colel Chabad International Awards Gala 2025

Kim is one of the largest charitable foundations in Israel. It was established less than 10 years ago by Isakiri. Today at just 41 years old, he has already distributed over a half a billion dollars, over $500 million in stock. Kenim is an extraordinary partner in many of the vital projects that you will see tonight. We are honored to have with us tonight Rabbi Yasi Kuchski who is a director of the social department of Kamim. Yasi is a personal friend a partner of Kabad an amazing bench and the true and I'd like to present the splat of appreciation to Yasi here on behalf of Miri. There's a vivid memory that is um that is in my mind where it was pesak Friday and uh my grandfather's assistant came to him and he told him that finished giving out the the taka that they intended to give before before Passover. He was a list of around 40 people, 40 rabbis that lived uh that were close to him through the years. And he made sure that before every hak he would uh distribute a certain amount of money to these people. And my grandfather told him something that u was very powerful. He said, "Now you can rest [music] and so can I." And uh a few hours after that, he actually passed away unfortunately. But that was the last words that he mentioned. And uh we all realized that this they summarized [music] his mission in life. He felt responsible for the surroundings, felt that other people's problems were were his problems, especially Jewish people. And that was something he was brought up with in his community in Georgia. And uh that's that sense of responsibility for the for the surroundings is is uh something that is clearly very Jewish feeling because [music] we're doing something that's clearly a mitzvah, but we're also continuing the the the chain of generations of of accepting the responsibility and acting on it. The amazing thing about Kabad is that they're combining two things that are they're very hard to combine. That's very unique. And I ascribe that to them having a [music] special blessing from Admir Zaken and uh and of course Rab Dman being picked by the Reb. They're able to do things on a scale that's unprecedented without uh losing the the care and attention to a single person. So while every Jew is important, like he's the only one, they're still able to help tens of thousands of Jews. And that is really something that our foundation has not seen many examples of, he's truly something that's uh that's uh extraordinary. Person is not just a statistic. So while you can be helping hundreds and thousands of people, each one is a is [music] a unique uh soul, a unique nishama. and uh and the the Kabad does that in a special way. Is is a project that is is is really tremendous and uh the fact that the Israeli government is uh is a big supporter of this even in the time of of of war is is a great testament to how important and indispensable this is because it helps people with real needs in a real way that impacts their everyday life. Our foundation has checked this uh this project many times as as we've done other projects of Kolkabad and and and uh each one of them they really are uh you know they have stellar uh results in terms of um getting to the right people at the right time in the way that is has the most impact. So it's really a tremendous project.