The Queens Community is looking forward with great anticipation to the annual Erna Lindenfeld Hachnosas Kallah Tea on Tuesday evening, December 17, at 7:30 p.m., at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills.
Our Annual Tea has been a Queens hallmark event for decades, providing our community with the opportunity to give tz’dakah to a most worthy local cause, while enjoying an uplifting evening with inspiring entertainment and amazing raffle prizes.
Our program promises to be extraordinary, as we will have Rabbi Avraham Goldstein as our Featured Guest for a captivating musical journal on his path from Puerto Rico to Pupa chasid. In addition, there will be brief greetings from Ettie Zelmanowitz, our President, Mrs. Raizie Lindenfeld, representing the Lindenfeld family, delicious refreshments, and of course, the drawing of our fabulous raffle prizes will round out the evening.
This year’s tea is dedicated through the generosity of an anonymous sponsor, in honor of our hostages and chayalim, and to offer them this special z’chus and our heartfelt tefilos that Hashem should return each one of them safe and well to their homes and families, b’karov.
The Erna Lindenfeld Hachnosas Kallah Fund of Queens’ driving mission is working with the Queens community and beyond to fulfill the mitzvah of Hachnasas Kallah, sharing in the mitzvah of being m’samei’ach chasan v’kallah, and building batim ne’emanim b’Yisrael.
Most of our donations are dedicated to Eretz Yisrael, and the need for funding is greater now than ever before.
Imagine a family whose husband has been serving as a reservist at the front for endless months, with minimal income, trying to marry off a child. Imagine a family that has been relocated from the South or the North, leaving their homes with virtually the clothing on their backs, trying to make a chasunah under the most trying of circumstances. Imagine the child of a victim of terror in Israel going to the chupah without any financial assistance from his/her family. Imagine the mother of eight who has been deserted by her husband and must marry off a child. Imagine a baalas t’shuvah whose family has rejected her, trying to make her own wedding. Just imagine a family right here in Queens with six children. The father has lost his job, the mother must stay at home to take care of a sick child, and they’re struggling to marry off a son or daughter.
All these, and more, are typical of the ever-increasing volume of cases that the Erna Lindenfeld Hachnosas Kallah Fund board receives and verifies each month from chasanim and kallos. Each case is carefully checked to confirm that it comes from a reliable source and is considered according to its unique circumstances. It is your devotion and generosity that enables us to assist these families and make their lives that little bit easier. This reassures them that klal Yisrael cares, and helps them make their simchah, b’simchah. Thank you.
For those who are not aware of our origins, our organization is named after an incredible eishes chayil, Erna Lindenfeld a”h. She was a remarkable woman with an innate kindness, compassion for others. Her tremendous determination to defy all odds by surviving the Holocaust gave her the strength to rebuild her life, marry her beloved husband Marcel, and bring four wonderful sons into this world. She carried herself with grace and dignity, and it was her warmth and sincerity that endeared her to all who knew her. Unfortunately, Erna was taken from her adoring family and community at a young age. After Erna’s p’tirah, her dear friend, Rebbetzin Ruth Schonfeld a”h, perpetuated her memory by creating an organization that would personify Erna’s dedication to the continuity of klal Yisrael.
The Hachnosas Kallah board itself is comprised of a diverse group of women, representing the kaleidoscope of Queens and klal Yisrael. We daven in different shuls, are of different ages, and come from different backgrounds. Nevertheless, our devotion to the organization and our achdus is amazing, as we meld our hearts together to fulfill the mitzvah of Hachnasas Kallah and preserve the confidentiality and dignity of each family.
Please join the Erna Lindenfeld Hachnosas Kallah family, partner with us to fulfill the mitzvah of Hachnasas Kallah, and share in the z’chus of this incredible mitzvah!
We look forward to seeing everyone at our exciting Tea on Tuesday, December 17, at 7:30. Please join us for an inspiring and uplifting evening with incredible raffles!
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For more information and/or to donate using PayPal or credit card, please visit www.hkqueens.org, and note your raffle selections in the memo section.
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Checks: Please mail or drop off at 137-37 71st Avenue, Flushing, NY 11367. If you have any questions, please phone or text 917-943-9663 or 917-374-2578.
