What’s Hidden Still Matters
Even in uncertain times, give sick children and families the Purim they deserve.
Behind closed doors, families facing serious illness are struggling. Your support helps them prepare for the holiday with dignity and relief.
They still need us — especially now.
Most families we help were managing fine— until serious illness forced a parent to stop working.
When Illness Enters a Home
Purim is about hidden miracles.
About פחד (fear) turning into protection.
About remembering that Hashem does not abandon the vulnerable.
In a time of uncertainty, Or Lacholeh makes sure sick children are not forgotten.
When the world feels unstable, the stress of illness becomes even heavier.
For years, the Burg family has lived with serious illness.
Their daughter has been battling cancer. Recently, their young son was diagnosed as well.
Two children. Endless appointments. Mounting expenses.
With Purim approaching, the Burg family should be thinking about costumes and mishloach manot.
Instead, the basics — food, clothing, small gifts — feel out of reach.
Your gift helps families like the Burgs celebrate Purim with dignity, providing food, clothing, essentials, and moments of joy when illness has already taken so much.
Costumes. Treats. Mishloach Manot.
Sometimes, pulling it all together can feel like too much.
Together, we can make Purim a truly happy time for those families battling illness.
Emergency Holiday Support for Sick Children & Families
Bring Joy to
Hospitals
Shaloch Manos
(Gift Baskets) and Food
Fill Holiday
Tables
Food Vouchers
Restore
Dignity
Shopping Vouchers
Sponsor a
Celebration
Large-Scale
Meals & Parties
For Matanot La’Evyonim donations, please donate and email Miri at miri@healisrael.org to specify your donation for this special mitzvah.
When Illness enters a Home, Everything Changes
What Purim Looks Like When Illness Is Involved
Purim is meant to be busy, joyful, and a little chaotic. But when illness enters a home, it changes how families experience the holiday.
Appointments replace errands. Energy is spent on caregiving, not preparation.
And the details that make Purim feel complete, costumes, treats, and a prepared table, become another source of stress.
Work stops. Income disappears. Families who once managed now calculate every grocery item and quietly struggle to protect their dignity.
Most families will do their best to make it work. But behind the scenes, it’s exhausting.
A Different Kind of Mishloach Manot
Purim is about giving—but not every gift has to come wrapped in cellophane.
This year, in place of giving Shalach Manot, you can make a donation in honor of someone and send them a Purim card. It’s still giving. It’s still Purim. It just reaches further.
Why Giving Before Purim Matters
Timing matters. When support arrives before Purim:
Your donation now helps ensure Purim is something families can take part in, not something they quietly endure.
How Your Donation Helps
Monthly Support
Monthly support allows Or Lacholeh to stand with families consistently—through the months that follow.
$18
Helps provide essential food support
$36
Supports food and basic household needs
$54
Builds toward a $250 shopping or clothing voucher
One-Time Giving
$100
Helps a family prepare for the holiday with dignity
$54
Helps cover food and essentials
$250
Provides a shopping or clothing voucher
$500
Supports families through Purim and beyond
Hope, Healing, and Help Everyday — When Families Need It Most
When serious illness strikes,
families are thrown into a crisis they never expected.
Income can disappear overnight.
Daily routines collapse.
Parents are forced to choose between caregiving, rent, and survival.
Your support allows Or Lacholeh to step in with food, practical help, emotional support, and moments of light — staying for the long road ahead.
92,000
Hot Meals Delivered
2,250
Families Supported
350 Families Received
Household Essentials
What Your Donation Makes Possible
Crisis Relief
Emergency meals, food, clothing, and shopping vouchers — when families have nowhere else to turn.
Healing & Growth
Therapy and tutoring that rebuild confidence, restore hope, and strengthen futures.
Comprehensive Support
Ongoing home and hospital support, essential furnishings, and household help — month after month.
Dream Fulfillment
Making wishes come true and celebrating birthdays — moments of joy that carry children and families through the hardest days
Respite & Relief
Day outings, short getaways, and community events — giving families space to breathe and reconnect.
Ongoing reassurance
during months when life feels unstable
Or Lacholeh provides careful support. Nothing loud. Nothing humiliating.
Just what a family needs to keep functioning while illness takes over everything else.
Your Gift Can Change a Family’s Story
Illness doesn’t end when families leave the hospital.
When a parent stops working to care for a sick child or loved one, everyday needs can quickly fall out of reach.
Or Lacholeh provides quiet, thoughtful support—nothing loud, nothing humiliating—just what a family needs to keep functioning when illness takes over everything else.
