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At 1:30 AM on Tuesday Jan 19, 2010 – Gimmel Shvat in the Hebrew calendar, our father, Rabbi Yosef Tevel passed away. He was 55 years old and it was his birthday. His sudden death, caused by a bursted blood vessel in his brain has left us in complete shock.

A Cry for Help – Reach Out and Support a Family in Need

TevelFamily.com

At 1:30 AM on Tuesday Jan 19, 2010 – Gimmel Shvat in the Hebrew calendar, our father, Rabbi Yosef Tevel passed away. He was 55 years old and it was his birthday. His sudden death, caused by a bursted blood vessel in his brain has left us in complete shock.

For those who dont know Rabbi Tevel, he was a truly amazing man, a father, a teacher, and a huge baa’l chesed and baa’l tzedaka ( a charitable and kind man). Tatti (father) was known far and wide to be the go to person for those in need world-wide. Whether it was a person who needed bail posted, a person who needed food to survive the week, a person who needed some pull to get proper medical treatment, or anything at all, it was always brought to Rabbi Tevel, also known as “Papa Bear” to thousands of his loving “cubs”.

Our “Papa Bear” also single handedly supported his own family of us 6 children, two inlaws, two grandchildren as well as several other families in the area. As of recently the financial situation was quite bleak for the family, and now, with the loss of our Tatti , there is literally NO money with which to cover the day to day bills as well as the massive debts that were left behind.

We put this site up as a cry for help, to plead with the Jewish community not to forget the hundreds of thousands of favors,dollars, and hours that our father dolled out on a yearly basis, leaving little time to take care of himself, tied to his phone, fielding calls all day and night, and leaving his door open to the world.

If someone needed money Tatti would be the first to run out and TAKE OUT A LOAN to give to another. Now is the time for those who knew him, and even those who didn’t to look into your hearts, and find a part of him within you. A part of you that cries out at the pain of others, and feels a need to reach out and help your fellow man.

ANY increment that you can donate, via paypal (you can pay with a credit card, securely, no registration required) will help us to pay the mortgage, buy food, and cover the massive amount of debt that has left our family financially crippled in addition to the tremendous emotional devastation that has befallen our family.

YOU can make a very real difference in the lives of a family that both needs and deserves as much help as they can get.

May we only meet for Simchas ( good events) , and may we experience the ultimate Simcha with the coming of Moshiach (Messiah) Speedily in our days..

Thank you so much in advance for helping our family in the hardest time of our lives.

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30 Comments

  • toshav haschuna

    Please , yungerleit , get life insurance
    a term policy for 500,000 is 12.00 a month
    call your broker now

    why does the remaining family have to put up with this extra tzorus

  • R- Tevel Helped Everyone!

    Please help this amazing family who have been helping the community for all these years! It is our achrayis to help them now!

  • out-of-towner

    I agree with anonymous who asked for an address and institution name. Years ago, when our son was a bochur, he used to eat in their home and we would like to send a check rather than use a credit card.

  • Mushky P

    really nice of CH.info to post this, I happened upon the link myself, and my next tzedakah is going to them.

    Moshiach now, enough with these tzaras.

  • Adam Curry

    “toshav haschuna” read my mind.

    People need to have life insurance. You may rack up credit cards bills hoping to one day pay them off, and take out a second mortgage thinking that your bonuses will cover it – but if CH’V G-d has other plans and something happens to you, your family will be left for the next 50 years footing the bill.

    Half a million dollars life insurance @ less than the amount you pay per month on your cellphone is a small price to pay for the piece of mind knowing that your family will be taken care of.

  • a neighborhood resident

    the answer is simple don’t be bashful! If you have something to give bring it in person! Tut’s alts vas di kents. Those are the Rebbe’s words although the Rebbe was specvifically talking about bringing the Geulah This is a big part of it! Achdus

  • GITEL & ELIEZER KOZAK

    I WON’T FORGET EVERYTIME I WENT TO GIVE BLOOD TO MR. TEVEL’S BLOOD DRIVES IN THE PAST 16 YEARS FOR BIKUR CHOLIM OF BP FOR MAIMONIDES HOSPITAL, HOW NICE HE WAS TO ME AT FIRST AS I WAS A TOTAL STRANGER HERE AND HOW HE GREETED ME SO SO SO PLEASANTLY, EVEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, WITH SUCH WARMTH RADIATING FROM HIS HEART WITH THAT SMILE. IT ONLY MADE ME COME BACK AGAIN & AGAIN.I SAW HOW HE MADE TIME FOR ME AS WELL AS THE OTHER BOYS WHO CAME THERE. I MET HIS SONS THERE & GOT TO KNOW HIS LOVELY FAMILY FROM THEN ON.AND THEN I BEGAN TO MEET RIVKA AT DIFFERENT GATHERINGS & BY MAZAL ZIRKIND’S MELAVE MALKE’S FOR HER SISTER’S YAURTZEITS. HE MADE TIME FOR HIS FAMILY AS WELL AS ALWAYS HELPING MANY PEOPLE HE TOUCHED.HAKODOSH BORUCH HU NEEDED HIM SUDDENLY AS THE JEWEL FOR HIS CROWN GLORY UP THERE TO BRING MOSHIACH RIGHT NOW.THE AIBESHTER WILL GIVE US AND HIS FAMILY SPECIAL KOICHOS TO CONTINUE TO EMULATE HIS GIVING & CHAYUS’DIK WAYS AND ADD ONTO YOSSI TEVEL’S,OBM, ZECHUSIM NOW UNTIL TECHIYAS HAMEISIM. HAMEISIM BIMHEIRA BIYOMEINU.

  • me

    we got a life insurance quote of $50 a month.. for a healthy male in his late 20’s… can you please tell me where you got a $12 per month quote?

    Regardless: help the Tevels! They’re a wonderful family. Rabbi Tevel personified “havei mekabel es kol haodom b’sever panim yafos.” He always had a smile & good word for EVERYBODY.

  • give, give, give!!!!

    just donated some money, wish I could give more. If everyone gives what they can that can add up to a great sum. Don’t think your little bit won’t help.

  • Just a parent who cares about a chossid

    I don’t know him. I don’t know his family. But I know if he was there for people when they were away from home is enough of a reason for me to help.
    My son is away in yeshiva. If there was a person as kind as Yossi Tevel A”H around to give him a great big hug or greet him warmly when he met him, I would be relieved as a parent that this warmth that he spread around so sincerely was what he found at home.
    I will be honored to help the family.

  • Levi Keller

    Term life insurance is worthless, you try to renew when your term expires at the age of 60 and premiums are hundreds a month. Buy whole life insurance: premiums are fixed for life, and it acts as an investment vehicle that you can borrow against or sell.

  • A Request....

    Mr. Keller, maybe you could write an essay about life insurance. It would be very helpful to the people, like me, who are clueless. It would be ahavas yisroel.

    I hope crownheights.info will print it. Thank you.

  • myriam

    Please post and address. I couldn’t do it on line.It wouldn”t accept my zip code.
    thank you.

  • Mordechai ben Chaim

    Such a shame that such a young man should die so suddenly. I myself am in my late fifties, and could not imagine no longer being here to enjoy the joys of my friends and family. But, the children seem to be all grown up. What? They cannot work? Certainly, there are bills to pay, but don’t we all work to pay our bills? And, the women cannot work too? Or, must they only be at home cleaning the home and cooking the food. If they cannot pay the bills, there may be no home to clean nor food to prepare. With six children, can’t this family figure out a way to survive? I don’t understand.

  • To those seeking insurance

    Six years ago I was a 26 year old Mechanech and I purchased a 30 year 500,000 policy for $31 per month. In addition I purchased a 250,000 policy for my wife who is a stay at home mother. I strongly encourage people who don’t forsee themselves earning large incomes to get 30 year policies rather than the standard 10. And yes, it IS more important than your cellphone/internet/cable television bill.

  • To Mordechai Ben Chaim

    They are not all older, and one cant judge others until you stand in their place CV!
    Please be understanding and give, they are the most amazing, happy and fun family.

  • dovid

    the ones old enough to work do work, you obviously dont know what real life is about, it aint that easy, no one is sitting home enjoying themselves, dont be so judgmental, open you wallet and do what they would do for you

  • to m.b.c.

    Your insensitivity is outstanding, check your parent’s kesubah to see if they are really Jewish – one of the characteristics of a Jew is kindness.
    Most of the kids are younger not older, and their wonderful father ran up bills with great chesed work you would not even dream of in your dreams (make that nightmare?). Hashem took him away while his bills were peaking, with more people than ever needing his help due to the recession. The recession is still on – are you offering the older kids wonderfully paying jobs – or your own position perhaps? I’m gonna stop here, before I say something so very nasty that CH.info won’t dare publish it.
    All the best, may Hashem ignore your comments and give the wealth and heart to assist many others.

  • we have insurace for 33.00 a month

    Don’t say term is worlthless, you get what you can afford…and by the time you turn 60, you’ll worry then….or before then if you can afford more…

  • mother of 8

    what idiot said that? Should kids be pulled out of school or yeshiva and go to work??? The older ones are married and need to support their own families!!

  • Malkie Levy

    To M.B.C.
    I am not a relgious person, although I was part of the chabad community for many years. One of the most outstanding qualities of this community was, and still is their kindness, and lack of judgement. I am surprised by your lack of sensitivity. Perhaps you never had a difficulty with making money. I commend you for that. But please understand that not everyone has had an opportunity to have a well-paying job, or the confidence to go out in the workforce. I am a certified Board of Education teacher, and Boruch Hashem, am successful in my field. However, it took me many years to become a confident member of the workforce.
    So, instead of judging this grieving family, dip your hand into your pocket, and give a nice hefty donation. If I, a non-religious Jew can give tzedokoh to yiddishe families in need, kal vechomer, you!