Liora Tedgi of Ohr Meir & Bracha on today's JM in the AM

JM in the AM. We've got a Nissan Hesed campaign. It's not Nissan yet. We'll bench Rosh Chodesh on Shabbos, but our Nissan Hesed campaign's got to start early. You know that. It's got to start early because we need people out there to make sure they know where to give and who to support as we approach the big holiday of Pesach. We have stressed many, many times. And that was eighth day, by the way, with invisible diamonds. We have this brand new We have stressed many, many times that even though we have to prioritize local causes, Yerushalayim causes are local causes for all of us around the world. And Liora Tedgi has been on the front lines for years and years to make sure that every single week, every single Shabbat, every single Thursday, uh families in the hundreds of families in need have what they need and receive what they need. I'm talking about everything for Shabbos. Before Pesach, you can imagine how difficult this job is to make sure that hundreds of families have what they need for the upcoming holiday. They need our support. We're going to give out the website. I hope everybody gives something today to Or Mayor Bracha in Yerushalayim. Liora Tedgi, shalom, shalom. Welcome back to JM in the AM. Shalom, shalom, Nachum. Shalom, shalom, everyone. How are you? >> Baruch Hashem. Can we start with some numbers? You always get us with the numbers. How many chickens? How many pounds of matzah? How many bottles of wine? What do you need to order in order to make sure everybody has what they need for Pesach? We We need Hashem grape juice. Each one of the family going to get one box of 15 15 bottles for four kosot. All the families it's large family, a lot of widows, a lot of children, a lot of widows. And we need to give them also oil. We want to give them each one of the family Hashem 12 12 bottles of oil. Right. >> We want also to also we want to to give them a matzah. How many kilos of matzah are you ordering? How many kilos of matzah? Because there are people listening right now who want to know if they give a certain amount, how much is that covering for the matzos, for the grape juice? How many kilos of matzah are you ordering for Pesach? I tell you what, Menachem, it's a depend of the Well, around approx kimat kimat how many? How many last year? Give us a an idea of how many kilos. Each one of the family like 5 kilo. Right. So make the if 750 families. >> Wow. Wow. Wow. 750 families, every one of them, folks, gets 5 kilos of matzah. So if if my math is correct, it's almost 5,000. It's almost 5,000 kilos of matzah. And that's one example. As you saw and as you heard from Liora Tedgi, a case of oil to cook with, a case of grape juice. I mean, the the And and you By the way, you're still giving chickens and and vegetables, right? You're still doing doing all right, all of that. >> of the family 10 chicken. Wow. Liora Tedgi has been doing this for years. How did today go? How did today's distribution go on a Thursday in Yerushalayim? Very, very, very hard because they close and they not let us to do anything now. I suppose they also to come to America to family has wedding next week. I want to bless Shoshana Blima but Bracha for mazel tov for her wedding, but we can we can sell because we cannot fly. We cannot fly to the wedding. And it's very, very hard for me. Very hard. Unfortunately, you're going to be missing our wedding as well because you can't fly in. Right. And now it's three times this year that I the canceled the flight to come to America. So the situation and I not want to cry, but the situation very, very, very hard. Even this morning was like a lot of pieces around and the bombing and the a lot of a lot of family they came to me, they begged my much begging to help them in the middle of the night. A lot of people they run to the bomb shelter. Not safe. A lot of people fell down when they run to the bomb shelter, broke the neck, broke the legs, broke hands. I not talk about emotionally. And everything it's very, very hard and expensive. This morning I went to the grocery. Every box for matzah matzah usually 8 shekel, today 20 shekel. I give you like example. Unbelievable. What we call matzah meal. That's what Liora is referring to. It's usually 8 shekel, today 20 shekel. Um what is that? Like 150% more? Something like that? Liora Tedgi is with us live on the phone from Israel. And yes, it's not only that people are in need, but we know what our brothers and sisters in Israel are going through, especially those of us who are in touch with people who are running back and forth to these shelters now for 12 days and God knows how long this is going to go on for. Liora is collecting money to make sure that these 750 families have what they need for the holiday of Pesach. We have an obligation, as I said, when it comes to Yerushalayim to support. And obviously, as we know halachically, there's an obligation to support kimcha d'pischa, ma'os chitim. Um there's an obligation to support families who need matzah, wine, etc. for Pesach. Liora, is this is is this a new website, the ombisrael.org? Is that the website we want people to go to now? Yes. Yes, omb.org.il. All right. Well, yeah, but it also goes it's also without the dot il, which is easier for our listeners on this side of the world. ombisrael.org. Or Mayor Bracha has a website now with a big donate button at the top of the page. And we strongly suggest, and this is going right into our into our Nissan Hesed campaign. We strongly suggest that all of us give something. Go to ombisrael.org. That's Or Mayor Bracha. ombisrael.org. At the very top right of the page, you'll see a big donate button. Just give as much as you can and help those 750 families that are in need and are being helped by Or Mayor Bracha for the upcoming holiday of Pesach under these very, very difficult circumstances. Difficult circumstances because of the war, difficult circumstances because of the prices, difficult circumstances because of access. Whatever we can do, we need to do. We're really stepping up our our Nissan Hesed campaign and I hope everybody out there takes advantage of the opportunity to give and help Liora do her work in the next 2 weeks. ombisrael.org. ombisrael.org. Liora, give a bracha, please. Give a bracha to all those who are helping you. Nachum Segal, that it's a www.omb.org.il, right? Yeah, but okay, yes, but it's also the what the what I said. Don't worry. Don't worry. It's also the >> Yes, yes, exactly. Okay. So I want to bless all Israel wherever they are. They're in Israel, they're in America, they're wherever they are. You should not be scared. Hashem I am that I am. You're going to see the bigness to each one of you. Each one of us. And I am Israel chai. When they together, I knew help us and we daven for you, for all of you. Also shalom and in his mercy you have to shalom and all of Israel amen. >> Amen. Liora, toda raba. I hope everybody I hope everybody who's listening right now gives something and participates in this very important pre-Pesach campaign. Obviously, we're going to put it up on our Nissan Hesed campaign page. And what can I say? And hamon brachot and stay safe and we're going to try to help as much as we can. Toda raba, Menachem Nachum and Nachum David ben Esther. And you and Stacy and all your family Hashem you should be Hashem always zochim to bring the the opportunity to people to help. And Hashem Hashem going to help them. Thank you so, so, so much. Liora, Liora, my family just told us that we're going to give right now because this coming Monday night, the 28th of Adar, is my father's yahrzeit. So we're going to be giving right now in memory of my father. Harav Harav Harav Zeev ben Harav Zeev ben Rav Yosef Halevi. Okay. You should be amen. You should have a year and you should be zochim for you, for your wife, for all his generation and for all Israel. >> Amen. Kol tuv and Shabbat Shalom. Shabbat Shalom. Toda raba. I really appreciate it. Toda raba. Leah Armeo Bracha, 750 families need food for Pesach. I've seen this operation up close a million times. It seems like every time I'm in Israel I stop by Armeo Bracha. So I can vouch for it. O M B israel.org. O M B israel.org dot org. Adding it to our Nissan Chesed page. Keep giving everybody. Be as generous as you can this time of year. We have brothers and sisters who are in real need before the holiday of Pesach. More coming up. It's JM in the AM.