Hello, my name is Rechel Devora.
I am 22 years old and I work at a daycare in Zvhil. I come from a family of geirim. When I was just seven years old, my father abandoned us and left the country. He never came back.
My mother was left alone with five young children in a country where we had no family, no support system, and no one to turn to. She has cleaned houses ever since, working as hard as she can to keep us fed and together. But it wasn't always enough. Over the years, some of my siblings had to be placed in foster care because my mother simply couldn't manage on her own.
As the oldest, I've helped my mother however I could. I started working young. I've tried to be there for my younger siblings. And Baruch Hashem, despite everything, I stayed on the path of Torah.
Now I have the chance to build something new: my own Jewish home and family. I recently became engaged to a wonderful young man who is also an orphan. Despite his challenges, he is beloved in his yeshiva and devoted to learning.
We are both so excited to start our lives together. But we are getting married with no family support at all. My mother is still struggling - she's fighting to bring home my younger sister who is still in foster care, but her apartment is so small and rundown that social services won't approve it. She can barely make ends meet for herself.
We have nowhere to start. No wedding basics. No furniture or appliances. Nothing. All we want is a simple Jewish home where we can finally have the family neither of us ever had. If you can help us get married with dignity and start our life together, we will be forever grateful.
Hashem should bless you with everything you need and with children who love Torah.
Thank you so much,
Rechel Devora
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HAMLATZAH TRANSLATION: (original below)
“To our Acheinu Bnei Yisrael, wherever you may reside, may you be safeguarded,
Greetings and blessings. May you succeed in all your endeavors, with G-d’s help.
I am coming to speak on behalf of the esteemed kallah, Rechel Devorah, may she live and be well — the daughter of righteous converts, a G-d-fearing, modest, and refined young woman. She is now entering the holy bond of marriage with a groom who is an orphan from his father, upon whom the entire burden of the wedding rests, with no supporter or helper to take responsibility for the expenses. They have nothing.
This rare and important mitzvah now stands before us, and its merit has the power to save from every trouble and distress, plague and illness, and to bring abundance and Divine protection to all who participate in it. The Creator of the world desires to grant us merit at this time, to hasten our redemption. Fortunate are those who assist — all the blessings in Sefer Tehillim will be fulfilled in them. David, the King of Israel, lives and endures.
May salvation for Israel come forth from Zion,
Signed in honor of this mitzvah,
Rabbi Aharon Yitzchak Stern
Rav of the Mispallelim at Kever David HaMelech”
