My name is Miriam, and I�m 9 years old. Yesterday I went to visit my father�s kever for his shloshim. These are things I never knew about before, and I still can�t believe it really happened to me.

Visiting Abba’s Kever

Abba got sick just about two years ago. He wasn�t feeling well for a while, and on Erev Pesach, he had to go to the hospital. We had our Seder alone with Imma, not knowing that Abba was having a very dangerous surgery at the same time. I was only 7 years old then, so no one told me that it was a nes that he survived the operation, and that the 22 months that he lived after that were all a miracle. I only heard about that by the Shiva, when my Imma was talking with her friends who came to cheer her up.

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I just assumed that Abba would get better- and for a while, it did seem like he was getting stronger. I never imagined that Abba wouldn�t be here with us on Purim, or that this Pesach, we�ll be alone with Imma again- only this time with Abba in Shamayim, not in the hospital. I kind of just assumed that he�d get better, like most people do when they are sick. Only old people die, and my Abba wasn�t old!

I hear lots of scary talk in my home- people talking to my mother about money and the future. And that makes me worry a lot. If Abba is gone, and Imma has to take care of us all on her own, who will make sure we have enough money to buy the things we need?

Yesterday, a close friend came to talk to my Imma about getting therapy for us kids. My older sister said she doesn�t want to go if its going to cost money, since we don�t have much money now that Abba is gone.

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Are we really poor now?

Please help our family! I don�t want to become one of those poor orphan girls I read about in books�

Thank you for your help, and may you never have such sad things happen to you.

Miriam

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Miriam�s parents, R� Avraham Meir Z�L and Baila (Belinda) Levy, are products of Aish and Eyaht. Originally from NY and Toronto, they met and married in Israel, where they raised a beautiful family of 6 children, ages 12 to 3. Unfortunately, Avraham Meir was stricken with a very aggressive cancer, and after a heroic 22 month battle, he returned his soul to his Creator on Tu B�Shvat.

The Levy�s savings were depleted from Avraham Meir�s illness, and they have no relatives who can help them in a substantial way. Therefore, the Beitar Illit Kupat Tzedaka encourages donors to give generously, as the need is great.

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