A Crown Heights family is asking the community for help after a family member recently underwent a severe mental health episode. This life-threatening crisis required immediate action, and will necessitate many long months of expensive hospitalization, treatment and therapy
Compounding this heartbreak, the individual’s parents are older and already bearing a heavy physical and financial burden. The father suffers from a chronic medical condition that prevents him from working, leaving the household with limited income.
With their focus devoted to supporting their loved one through this grueling recovery, the parents are stretched far beyond their capacity. They urgently need the support of our community to help shoulder the rising cost of medical bills, ongoing therapy, and everyday necessities during this extremely challenging time.
A Message from Harav Shlomo Segal
”The matter of beri’as hanefesh is of supreme importance, yet it remains a quiet, agonizing battle that so many in our community are secretly struggling with every single day. We must break the silence and recognize that taking care of your mental well-being is not a luxury—it is a sacred, binding Torah obligation.
The Torah commands us: ושמרתם מאד לנפשותיכם (‘And you shall guard your souls exceedingly’)
According to the literal meaning , it warns against straying into foreign beliefs, but in Halacha and tradition, the concept was expanded into a supreme obligation for active preservation of health, body, and soul, and it was ruled that “danger is more severe than a prohibition.סכנה חמורה מאיסורה
We must also ask ourselves: why are we seeing such an unprecedented rise in these crises today? Much of this modern plague can be Somewhat linked to the toxic environments of the internet and social media—nisyonos and pressures that simply did not exist thirty years ago. The constant comparison, isolation, and digital noise are actively breaking down our emotional resilience and disturbing the heiligkeit of our homes.
Because the world outside has become more isolating, our interpersonal mitzvos between a yid and his fellow must become stronger. When you walk into Shul and greet someone with a warm ‘Good Shabbos’ or a genuine smile, that is not just politeness—it is a vital mitzvah of ahavas yisroel.
You never truly know the silent battlefield a person is walking through or the heavy situation they are carrying under the surface. Taking a real, heartfelt interest in a fellow Jew’s well-being can literally save them from the brink.
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Righteous Helping is a non-for-profit 501(c)(3) federally tax-exempt charitable organization. (Tax ID: 92-3827720)
Campaign is Endorsed By Harav Shlomo Segal, Rabbi Mendel Feller, Zalmen Hertz
