Rabbi Yitzchak Kolodetsky Appeals for Aid to Help an Elderly Scholar Marry Off His Seventh Daughter

Rabbi Yitzchak Kolodetsky has issued an emotional appeal through Kupat Ha’Ir for a special charity fund to help a senior Torah scholar who is now marrying off his seventh daughter. The scholar, whom Kolodetsky says he has known for decades, is described as someone devoted to Torah study day and night, and yet his family has fallen into severe financial distress.

Kolodetsky said the man has reached a point where he has “nothing at all,” and cannot cover even the most basic expenses needed to bring a bride to the wedding canopy with dignity. In his recorded remarks, he called the scholar a “living Torah scroll” and said, “this is a poor bride, the daughter of a very great Torah scholar, a Torah scroll in pain.”

He cited the Shakh, saying this type of giving is the finest form of charity because it combines support for Torah study with helping a poor bride marry. Kolodetsky presented the donation as a rare mitzvah and urged the public to support the family.

According to the appeal, anyone who contributes 380 shekels to help the scholar meet his unavoidable obligations will be blessed measure for measure, with satisfaction from their children, righteous generations, abundant livelihood, good health, and true joy from their descendants. The campaign is being promoted as urgent by Kupat Ha’Ir.