Reb Chaim Kramer - Pesach Campaign 2026

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I'm going to speak about something now, about the holiday of Pesach. Pesach represents our freedom. Freedom, something that is uh very dear to us and very obscure to what it really means. And the idea of freedom is that you're actually a free person to do what you want. That's what freedom really means. We merited to that on Pesach, the forthcoming holiday, just a few weeks away. And Pesach tells us that we can be free people. Part of the problem, though, is that the Jews were slaves in Egypt. Being a slave, they didn't have much. Today in exile, there's a lot of people that don't have much. They have very little. Some of them don't have enough during the whole year, let alone for Pesach. So, we're appealing to you. This is an appeal. Yeah, no question about it. It's an appeal. We're asking you to open up your hearts, open up your minds, and open up your pockets. There are many, many poor families in Israel. Many have difficulties. They're all over the world. There's poor people all over the world. In every community, there are wealthy there are middle income and there's poor people. It's an old fact, can't get away from

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1. 0:00I'm going to speak about something now, about the holiday of Pesach. Pesach represents our freedom.…
2. 0:31That's what freedom really means. We merited to that on Pesach, the forthcoming holiday, just a…
3. 1:02Being a slave, they didn't have much. Today in exile, there's a lot of people that…
4. 1:34up your hearts, open up your minds, and open up your pockets. There are many, many…
5. 2:04it. And it won't change the situation until Messiah comes. So we have to do our…
6. 2:34other expenses of Pesach. I have clothes for the family. Children they need clothes, they need…
7. 3:04>> [clears throat] >> some support. Things now are very difficult in Eretz Yisrael. It's amazing…
8. 3:36Baruch Hashem last year we gave out hundreds of thousands of shekels to 471 families. 471…
9. 4:06>> [clears throat] >> so that we can do the same thing this year, and perhaps…
10. 4:36You can just set aside all the appeals. They won't be necessary. Everybody will have. But…

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