Our trip to Oklahoma City…
Last August, our family had the pleasure of spending a weekend with our dear friends in Oklahoma City, Rabbi Ovadia and Nechama Goldman and family, founders and directors of the local Chabad Community Center.
Esty and I got to witness first hand, the amazing community they’ve created, a hub of genuine ‘Ahavat Yisroel’ - unconditional love, care and concern for each individual that comes their way. With warmth, humility and unmatched dedication to their mission they teach and inspire.
This week after the devastating tornado hit their neighboring community of Moore, their Chabad community center was naturally and immediately transformed into a shelter for displaced families, a place to where food was delivered and then served to the hungry. People were nourished, comforted and encouraged.
While the Headlines at the news outlets may have ‘moved on’ to other more catchy stories, thousands of people in OKC have nowhere to move-on to. They have no homes, no food and too many of them have also lost loved ones.
But our friends and his team of rabbinic interns at Chabad are on the ground providing short-term relief and long-term care in the form of food packages, cash donations and logistic assistance to the victims of the tornado. They are collecting supplies (diapers, nonperishable food, snack items, water and sports drinks) from the local community, and personally delivering it to those in need (Click here for pictures).
Let’s join them. Please take a minute to make a donation towards their relief efforts. Click here: www.JewishOKCrelief.com.
May we all learn a lesson from the selflessness of the Goldman’s and may G-d bless all the victims with immediate relief from this horrific experience.
Have a wonderful Shabbat,
Rabbi Yossi Zaklikofsky