LETTER FROM DENNIS PRAGER

Meir Panim, which means in Hebrew, ‘to bring light to the faces of Israel’s most vulnerable residents’ is one of Israel’s leading humanitarian organizations. Meir Panim’s staff and volunteers work around the clock to ensure that Israel’s neediest will be able to eat. For Israel’s poorest, who have nowhere else to go, Meir Panim is there.

Together, we can help Meir Panim distribute hot lunches to Jewish children, hot meals at their Restaurant-Style Soup Kitchens, and Meals-On-Wheels to Israel’s homebound, disabled and elderly.

Let us do our part to help free those who continue to suffer the scourge of poverty in Israel.

Dennis Prager

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL – REUVEN RIVLIN

Meir Panim’s reputation has spread from one end of the country to the other, as an organization devotedly involved in the needs of the public.

The Meir Panim organization brings people together, and bridges the gap between the different ethnic groups, communities and sectors that make up the population of Israel. But all this is nothing at all in comparison to their endless devotion and concern for the underprivileged among us who depend on the generous gifts of other people.

They care for all the needs of those who cannot support themselves, and, in a very real sense, keep them alive.

The organization’s primary achievement lies in the fact that the beneficiary never feels like someone in need, like a beggar.

With best wishes,
Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin

LETTER FROM RABBI YITZCHAK DAVID GROSSMAN, CHIEF RABBI OF MIGDAL HA’EMEK

Shalom and warm greetings.

The crown jewel of Meir Panim’s work is its network of soup kitchens spread throughout Israel, particularly in peripheral regions, where each day thousands of depressed, brokenhearted people can eat and enjoy hot, nourishing meals.

This successful operation was established in light of the harsh economic conditions and the dreadful hardship faced by hundreds of thousands of families in Israel, who are prevented by socioeconomic difficulties from enjoying hot, nourishing meals.

Meir Panim deals extensively in the area of charity and providing assistance to others, standing alongside every needy individual and embittered soul, poor and large families, terror victims and their families, the elderly and the helpless, children at risk, etc., giving them warmth and love, strengthening them, encouraging them, and assisting them generously and sincerely, with magnanimity and remarkable expertise.

With much loyal friendship and sincere wishes for blessings and success,

Rabbi Yitzchak David Grossman
Migdal Ha’emek

LETTER FROM THE FORMER CHIEF RABBI OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, RABBI ISRAEL MEIR LAU

To the administration, employees and volunteers of the Meir Panim food centers – may the blessing of God be upon you! “For I said: the world is built through kindness.” Indeed, the virtue of gemilut chasadim (performance of kindness) not only constitutes one of the three pillars on which the world stands, but is also among the fundamental attributes of the offspring of our patriarch Abraham.

I came, saw and was shown that if anyone would, Heaven forbid, try to speak negatively of, or prosecute against, the People of Israel, we must say to him: Go take a look at Meir Panim! There, in the food center, you will see the radiant faces that shine upon all those in distress and despair, there you will find alongside the food being served a warm smile and kind word. Fortunate are you for the reward you will receive, and I can only wish to share in your portion.

Wishing you all the warmest blessings in this month of Elul,
Israel Meir Lau

LETTER FROM RON COBI, MAYOR OF TIBERIAS

LETTER FROM ERIC METAXAS

Please pray for safety and security throughout Israel, and please take action on behalf of the besieged residents of Sderot.

Sincerely,

Eric Metaxas

A WORD FROM MICHAEL OREN, KNESSET MEMBER

Meir Panim represents the best of what this country is and represents the essence of the Jewish State, of Zionism, and everything we stand for.