URGENT UPDATE: It’s a week before Seder Nacht and my husband is still imprisoned somewhere deep in Eastern Europe. I can’t contain the tears as I try to prepare for Yontiff without him. PLEASE - help bring Dovid home to his family as soon as we can. - Rochel
My name is Rochel.
My husband, Dovid, is sitting in a prison in Poland.
Three weeks ago, he traveled there to visit kivrei tzaddikim. He went with a full heart, with pure intentions. He never imagined that this trip would turn into a nightmare.
He didn’t do anything wrong.
Someone else used his identity to commit a crime—without his knowledge, without him having any idea. When he landed in Poland, he was arrested at the airport.
And in a single moment, our entire life came to a halt.
Dovid is 49 years old.
A good man. A devoted father.
A man who already suffered a heart attack—and now he is alone, frightened, in a foreign prison.
And I am here.
Alone.
With a six-month-old baby in my arms and five more children around me.
They keep asking, “Where is Abba?”
They don’t understand why he’s gone.
I don’t know what to tell them.
I am trying to be strong for them, trying to hold the home together—but everything feels like it’s collapsing.
We were told that to secure his release, we must pay $90,000 in fines and another $20,000 for legal expenses. That’s $110,000 to bring my husband home - $110,000 more than we have to pay.
If we cannot raise this amount, he could remain there for six years.
Six years without their father.
Six years of fear, of absence, of brokenness.
We have no way to reach this sum on our own.
I am turning to you with a broken heart and the last strength I have—please help me.
Please help me bring Dovid home to his children.
Please daven for Dovid ben Yehudis Chaya.
Every donation brings Dovid closer to freedom.
I don’t know how to thank you.
I can only pray that one day, very soon, I will be able to tell my children:
“There are good people in this world… and they brought Abba back to us.”
Rochel
HAMLATZAH OF RAV MEIR SIROTA SHLITA:
"In the merit of this great mitzvah, you should merit an abundance of blessing and success. All your wishes should be fulfilled for the good, and you should be blessed with wealth and happiness all your days." - Rav Meir Sirota shlita
