The Kolel During World War II

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="122285a1erlcgo.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Reb Meyer Baal Haness Charity</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reb Meyer Baal Haness Charity"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>The Kolel During World War II </B>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Kolel After World War II"><U>The Kolel After World War II</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Kolels Activities Today"><U>The Kolel's Activities Today</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="121d2c00dkelyh.gif"> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Founding of our Organization"><U><B><U>The Founding of the Kolel</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Kolel After World War II"><U><B><U>The Kolel After the War II</U></B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>The Kolel During World War II </I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>        </B><B> </B><B>During World War Two</B> when the sky was dark in Europe, it wasn't to much lighter in Eretz Yisrael, because of the money that came from Poland to Kolel Chibas Jerusalem the Rabbi Meyer Baal haness Tzedakah in Eretz Yisrael had stoped completely, and Hunger and poverty where very big for the Jews in Jerusalem and in the Entire Holy land. The only support to the Kolel came from the supporters in America. Support from America started to come Before world war I, when almost all the Rebbi's of Galica put together a <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A letter to our Brothers in America"><U>letter</U></A> with there signatures asking for help from there friends in America, they asked that every Jewish home should have a Reb Meyer Baal Haness Pushka, a Segulah for Yeshuahs, Refuahs, Hatzlocha, and Nachas for the entire family, <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Why Tzedakahs Rabbi Meir Baal Haness ?"><U>Promised by the holy Tana Reb Meyer Baal Haness.</U></A> Because they have seen that with the support from Europe, the Kolel would not be able to feed all the the student's and their families. </div> </td> </tr></table></body>