Stuffed Backpacks Supply Needy Israeli Schoolchildren

With the school year fast approaching, buying all the necessary school supplies and books can be financially overwhelming for some families. But thanks to the help of Kiryat Malachi resident Ephraim Mor and the Israeli city’s Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yeruslavsky, Georgian-immigrant families in the southern town received new backpacks filled with notebooks and writing utensils.

The backpacks were supplied by Yad B’Yad, a Chabad-Lubavitch organization dedicated to assisting poverty-stricken families in Israel with whatever they need: from blankets to food to furniture.

Directed by Rabbi Yaakov Gloiberman, Lod-based Yad B’Yad gives tens of thousands of children new backpacks and school supplies each year with the help of local social welfare departments who notify the organization of families in need.