Avigdor’s Helping Hand was born in grief, in the aftermath of a terrible tragedy. The founders chose to turn their sorrow into something constructive with the goal of ushering those who have been painfully impacted by misfortune from Sorrow to Joy.

Families who have suffered the loss of a parent hurt in so many ways. Their grief is agonizing. When compounded with financial strain and uncertainty – their despair is unbearable. Avigdor’s Helping Hand is there for them to make sure they are Never Alone. Avigdor’s Helping Hand helps them pay their bills, put food on their tables and keep the heat and the lights on. Most importantly, we make sure that they know that their brothers and sisters in Klal Yisroel feel their pain and are there for them. We make sure they know that – They are Never Alone.

A parent walking a child down the aisle alone is heartbreaking. We make sure that they are Never Alone – they have a hand to hold – Avigdor’s Helping Hand.

Avigdor’s Helping Hand must expect the unexpected. We must be prepared for the worst tragedies at the worst times. Often, tragedy strikes unexpectedly and crushingly – and we must be prepared to be there for the survivors, without notice. Were it not for our heroic donors like you, we would not be able to be there for every one of those left to pick up the pieces. You make sure that we are. You make sure that we can. You reached out to every one of those people who were at their most desperate moments and gave them a helping hand. You told them that they were Never Alone.

Your continued helping hand is critical to make sure that no victim of tragedy is ever alone. You Lift Them Up With Your Helping Hand – so They are Never Alone. You Comfort Them With Your Helping Hand – so They are Never Alone. You Support Them With Your Helping Hand – so They are Never Alone.

Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, Mrs. Magda Elias a”h, passed away this past February. Born in 1925, in Satu Marie, Romania, Babi Magda was one of the few Holocaust survivors in her family. She went through Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen, where her mother and sister were murdered, hy”d. Picking up the pieces of their shattered life, she married Zeidie Ilie, moved to New York, and started a family. They were blessed with two sons. With the sudden passing of her husband in 1979, she was widowed for 43 years. A few years ago, she also lost her oldest son, Abe a”h. Despite all the difficulties, Babi Magda never complained. She preferred to focus on all the good in her life. She was always there for her family through it all, often providing for her children and grandchildren when they needed it. Incredulously, she would often remind us of how lucky she was, and how blessed we were, and how important it was for us to be thankful for the good bestowed upon us. Babi understood that there were always those less fortunate and we should never take anything for granted.

As a fitting tribute to her legacy, we have decided to raise money for those less fortunate, those families who Babi always had on her mind. Many of us have been very involved with an amazing organization, Avigdor’s Helping Hand (AHH), since its inception in 2006. To date, AHH has provided support to hundreds of widows and orphans in their most desperate moments, especially in the difficult period immediately after the passing of their loved one.

For a beautiful video about Babi Magda’s life, produced by one of her great-granddaughters

click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZTyM3aFvEsTYAVAiCSY1qSfKHRv8FJ_c/view

Your Contribution Can Give a Needy Couple Their Very First Child The goal of this fund-raising campaign is to provide funds to the advisory PUAH Institute so that they can pay the uninsured medical and associated costs for complex fertility procedures to enable a childless couple, in their early thirties, to give birth to a healthy baby.  The couple’s dire fertility situation is well known to PUAH; unfortunately, they have suffered through the heartbreak and costs of multiple failed IVF  (In Vitro Fertilization) cycles over the past several years.  Because of a rare chromosome disorder and other DNA-compromising issues on the part of both parents, PUAH has now recommended, working with the very best fertility experts, an IVF treatment including PGD (Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis) and IVIg (Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy).  To get the best technology, physicians, and procedures available, a highly-regarded and experienced IVF clinic has been selected to perform the treatments.  For more detail about the medical issues and advanced treatments available, see the “Links to Supporting Information” below.

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Rabbi Friedman’s Shul in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens
139-19 72 Road
Flushing,NY 11367
Tax ID: 237210190
Checks can be mailed to: Bais Yosef Dulam, 139-19 72 Road Flushing, NY 11367 OR Zelle congbethjoseph@gmail.com
Contact Organizer
congregationbethjoseph@gmail.com
7182639955

Donate by Phone:
Call To Donate
(518)-323-0376
Campaign ID: 13415

The Queens community has suffered a terrible tragedy. Bais Yosef D’Ulem, affectionately known as “Rabbi Friedman’s Shul,” one of the most integral centers of frum life in Kew Gardens Hills and the broader Queens community, has been devastated by a fire that has destroyed this makom of Tefillah and Torah. Anyone who has ever lived anywhere in Queens, or has even passed by on the way to the airport, knows the vital role that Rabbi Friedman’s Shul plays in the community’s life. The Shul has been a pillar of the community for over 40 years with its open door policy and nonstop Shachris minyanim. From the earliest hours and throughout the morning, concurrent minyanim hum with the sounds of Torah and Tefillah.

But the Shul is not just a neighborhood mossad, it is a crossroads for Jews from everywhere, a first stop for Jews arriving from Eretz Yisroel and elsewhere. The incredible Rav and Rebbetzin dedicate their entire lives to the kehilla and Klal Yisroel. Everyone is welcome at any time. The Shul building is also the home of Rav and the Rebbetzin. It is a home that is always filled with their children, grandchildren and anyone who knocks on their door. Sadly, their home has also been ruined in this terrible fire.

Please join us in restoring this extraordinary House of Hashem and making sure that they can continue their critical work.

כי ביתי בית תפלה יקרא לכל העמים

UPDATE. As of July 21st 8:55PM

TY Everyone For Donations For the Burial, Fees, matzeiva (Tombstone) etc.

For All those that would like to Donate further for a merit/blessing for Andrew, I will be Donating Funds at my discretion To the Chevra Kadisha, Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery, Chabad of Nyack, Cong. FRYSZTAK (and To Help Some Struggling with Trauma). All of these Organizations Played a Vital role in helping out in such a kind generous way to Help Andrew in this time of need, and It will be a Great way to show Gratitude and Hep Pay or Forward so They Can Continure Such “Service” to others in Need on Andrew’s Behalf/Merit.

Thank You and Stay Blessed!

You may also donate to these Organizations directly

Baruch Dayan HaEmes.
With Shock and Sadness I have found out that my dear friend Andrew, beloved by many has passed away with short notice at the Age of 70 and there are currently no funds for his burial. He died in his sleep in Rockland County.
It seems that Andrew had a mass blocking his thyroid so he had a respiratory problem and obviously was not able to breathe properly. That is what the medical examiner said

He will be buried tomorrow privately by Chevra Kadisha Zemach Dovid and with help from ”Chesed Shel Emes” cemetery in Woodridge, NY. (Rabbi Beyer and R’ Rosenberg who are Tzadikim and we’re recommended to me by Rabbi Ehrenreich of Chabad Nyack).

Thank You in advance for a kind and generous donations. please share.
tizku l’’mitzvos