Our cases
Only after his marriage several years later did the dark secrets begin to emerge, one after the next. As he gradually absorbed all that had occurred in his adolescent years, he was unable to bear the agony of it all and, in an attempt to escape the pain, swiftly became addicted to dangerous substances.
A 16-year-old yeshivah bachur suffered horrific abuse for over a year but was terrified to tell a soul.
Only after his marriage several years later did the dark secrets begin to emerge, one after the next. As he gradually absorbed all that had occurred in his adolescent years, he was unable to bear the agony of it all and, in an attempt to escape the pain, swiftly became addicted to dangerous substances.
He began manifesting odd behaviors, abandoned religious life and ultimately ended his marriage in a messy divorce.
Only when he deteriorated to a state of physical peril did he finally reach out to us for help, but by then, he was homeless, miserable, hungry and his family had cut all ties with him, unable to fathom what had led him plummeting down this dangerous slope.
At Refuah Vetikvah, we first and foremost provided him with a bed, nourishing food and first aid, before referring him to professional therapists who were qualified to help him through his addictions and pain.
Today this young man is back on the right track. He lives with his parents, works for a living, and is slowly rehabilitating physically, emotionally and spiritually. There is still a long way to go, but undoubtedly, there’s a light at the end of his tunnel.
Our only doubt is where we will find the funds to cover his therapy.
Cost of treatment + cost of professional accompaniment + minimal financial help:
$ 1,350 per month
Yet here too, he found difficulties adapting to life. Alone in a foreign country without family and the warmth of the community that he knew and loved, he felt terrible alone.
A Torah scholar and maggid shiur in a prestigious yeshivah outside of Israel endured a messy divorce, and eventually his children cut off contact with him. The heartbreaking years finally seemed to be nearing their end when he remarried and settled with his new wife in Israel.
Yet here too, he found difficulties adapting to life. Alone in a foreign country without family and the warmth of the community that he knew and loved, he felt terrible alone. Simultaneously, he yearned to find a place where he could continue utilizing his skills and talents of teaching and disseminating Torah, but alas, his options were few.
With his financial situation tenuous and the changes overwhelming, he began exhibiting compulsive tendencies. He complained repeatedly to doctors regarding strange, recurring pains, yet the doctors explained that he was suffering from OCD and required treatment from a mental health professional.
He was referred to Refuah Vetikvah, and is now receiving intensive therapy in order to overcome his OCD and compulsive habits. Recently, his emotional health has further deteriorated, and he is liable to harm himself.
A young woman whose severe anorexia put her life in immediate danger commenced treatment together with her parents.
A young woman whose severe anorexia put her life in immediate danger commenced treatment together with her parents.
In the course of the systemic treatment, the therapist reached the root of the conflict between the girl and her parents, which enabled them to start rebuilding.
The daughter’s spiritual deterioration was a result of reactionary psychological stress that was beyond her control, a subconscious choice
between suicide and spiritual degeneration.
A newlywed, who was previously a modest, refined young woman and alumnae of a prestigious seminary, dropped all religious conduct in the privacy of her home.
Her stunned husband beseeched her to visit a marriage counselor, and in the course of therapy, she revealed that her conduct was a direct reaction to long-term abuse suffered at the hands of her mother, a highly-regarded educator. For years, her mother had cursed her, subjected her to physical, verbal and emotional abuse, and shamed her constantly.
The daughter’s spiritual deterioration was a result of reactionary psychological stress that was beyond her control, a subconscious choice
between suicide and spiritual degeneration, whereas the poor husband, a genuine ben Torah who lives and breathes Torah study and yiras
Shamayim, is desperately seeking to save his family.
At Refuah Vetikvah, we’re committed to helping this young woman rebuild
the shattered fragments of her soul, but we need your help to do it.
The kitchen cabinets in their neglected apartment are broken and moldy plaster peels and sheds around the house, and the wife suffers occasional outbursts due to her frustration.
A man was arrested and imprisoned after his wife accused him of abusing her. After assuring her that we would cover the costs of private therapy for the husband and marriage counseling for the couple, Refuah Vetikvah arranged the treatment. Since the proposed treatment is lengthy, we require tens of thousands of shekels in order to make significant progress.
We cannot allow a successful, comprehensive and professional treatment that has been continuing for half a year to end now due to the couple’s poor financial situation.
The kitchen cabinets in their neglected apartment are broken and moldy plaster peels and sheds around the house, and the wife suffers occasional outbursts due to her frustration.
Day by day, their dreams of a happy home are shattered one after the next, due to poverty…
There are several times when money can buy happiness. In this case, it can also save a family.
Estimated cost of renovating the kitchen and saving the family: 45,000₪.
Estimated cost of treatments for the children: $1,300 per month
Her husband, who had virtually no experience
with emotional conditions, begged her to go to a psychiatrist who diagnosed her erroneously with borderline personality disorder and prescribed strong medications.
The wife of a respected Kollel yungerman grew up
in a broken home, and various traumatic events
escorted her through life. After her marriage, she
would often vent her frustration and wrath on her
young husband, and she soon began suffering
severe panic attacks whenever he left the house.
Her husband, who had virtually no experience
with emotional conditions, begged her to go to a psychiatrist who diagnosed her erroneously with borderline personality disorder and prescribed strong medications.
After giving birth to their first child, the mother fell into post-partum depression that, somehow, went undiagnosed. Only when a panic attack struck her in the midst of a car ride, and she jumped from the moving car together with her infant, was she directed to us for an accurate diagnosis and was then finally able to commence treatment.
The young couple is currently in the preliminary stages of a long-term process, but one that that will, b’ezras Hashem, bring peace, happiness and harmony to their home.
And the funding?! Leave it to us…
