Thank you for the food credit cards. Along with the recipients was a single mother and her three daughters whom we take care of at the PCC (Parent Child Center), in Ness Tsiona. E__ was embarrassed to invite her father to spend Pesach with them because there simply wasn’t the  wherewithal. She burst into tears when I gave her the “credit card” in the name of THE GOOD PEOPLE. It’s the first time in three years that she and her daughters will make Pesach Seder at home and not go to the Chabad House. Her response and her gratitude for being able to prepare and celebrate Pesach at home with her daughters and father moved my soul.

Ronen (his driver) didn’t burst into tears, but he sighed so deeply and so appreciatively, that he may as well have. Thank you for making all of this possible.

As we all scurry around making sure to pick up that last ingredient, vacuuming up the final crumb or adding unexpected guests to our Seder table, we often forget there are so many for whom making Pesach is nearly impossible. Over the past few weeks Debbie and I, with the help of our generous Good People Fund donors, have purchased and delivered thousands of dollars worth of supermarket scrip in both the U.S. and Israel. As Avshalom Beni, founder of Humans and Animals in Mutual Assistance-Israel (HAMA) wrote this morning, this seemingly simple act has made all of the difference…and it has.

Chag Pesach Sameach!