While Others Celebrate, Some Are Just Trying to Survive
No Jewish family should face the holidays empty-handed
When Holidays Become Painful
When the moments that should bring comfort only remind families what they’ve lost
In many homes, chicken soup is simmering.
Kids ask when the challah will be ready.
Candles are lined up, waiting for nightfall.
In other homes, there is food — just not enough to feel like a holiday.
The same soup they had last night. One challah to split. No treats. No extras. Nothing special to look forward to.
A mother quietly measures portions before the meal even begins. A father sits beside a hospital bed, knowing the holiday will pass between test results and waiting rooms.
How Your Support Restores Holiday Joy
At Or Lacholeh, we refuse to let sickness steal the holidays from families who need celebration most.
It’s not just having food. It’s having the right food. A proper meal with meat, fish, and a delicious dessert. Challah that isn’t being stretched slice by slice.
It’s cakes and sweets for the kids. It’s new clothing like all their friends, a small gift, a book, or a new family game.
Rosh Hashanah
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Food, clothing, and vouchers so families can prepare for Yom Tov without choosing between basics and blessings.
Chanukkah
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Candles, gifts, and celebrations brought to hospitals and homes remind children that miracles still happen.
Purim
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We bring parties, treats, and laughter to children who’ve forgotten what it feels like to be carefree.
Passover
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We ensure no child experiences the ultimate holiday of liberation while feeling trapped by circumstances.
Through Hope for the Holidays, families receive what they need to celebrate with real joy, the simple things that make a Jewish home feel full again.
Real Families, Real Stories
We were too overwhelmed to even think about Chanukah—but Or Lacholeh showed up with food, gifts, and joy. It felt like someone remembered us. We didn’t feel alone.
Leah
mother of Chaim (age 8)
You can light up their holiday!
$99,290
is needed to ensure no family faces the holidays empty-handed while battling illness.
Give Families More Than Survival
Jewish life happens in shared moments — lighting candles, singing, sitting together. When illness enters a home, those moments are disrupted. One child is in treatment, siblings stay home, and parents move between hospital rooms and missed holidays.
They lose the feeling that their family is whole.
$36
delivers a special holiday gift to a sick child who thought they were forgotten
$250
provides a voucher so families can celebrate with dignity
$360
sponsors full holiday experience for a family drowning in medical crisis
$500
ensures essentials, clothing, and celebration supplies for families who’ve lost everything
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While Others Feast, They Go Without
Don’t let another Jewish family celebrate without food
