Providing Essentials for our Communities








Identification of NEED



The following are ALL true calls for help that have recently been received by Community Essentials/Tzorchei Tzibbur...

 ~ My house is going into foreclosure. I have 6 children, I have no cash and my credit is maxed out...Can you provide me with a short-term loan of $5K...I don’t know when I will be able to pay you back, but if I don’t give the bank at least $5K then I will go into foreclosure and lose my house...Can you help?

~ I am only married a year and a half...I already have 1 baby and I am pretty sure that I am ready to end my marriage...I don’t know why I got married...I don’t know who to talk to about my the marriage situation...I am not comfortable with any rabbis and I don’t have any money at all to pay for marriage counselors...if you can’t help then I am “out”...Can you help?


~ My credit at all the Jewish markets is at the limit...I have no money - literally - to buy food for my family ...my cell phone has been turned off...and I only ate a little bit of the free food that was given at synagogue this morning...can you help me pay the markets and get something to eat...Can you help?


~ I was just diagnosed with a serious illness, I am over 55 but under 65 and I don’t qualify for Medicare....I don’t know how I am going to pay all my bills, I have no health insurance and scared about how I will handle all this...Can you help?


~ The school just called me and told me that unless I can pay for a shadow for my child with learning and social difficulties they cannot allow my child to return to the school. I cannot pay for a student shadow right now and my child will be forced to leave Jewish School and attend public school...Can you help?


~ I just became a groom...the only problem is I have no idea how I am going to pay for any part of my wedding...my parents have nothing....my father is out of work and my mother is a teacher in a local school...I don’t know what to do....I also need to take classes to prepare as a groom for my wedding day and don’t know who to go to for classes...everyone I speak to says it costs $400 or more dollars...how am I going to pay for everything? Can you help?


~ My husband is suffering from severe depression and he has been or years...he doesn’t smile...he feels hopeless with his job which barely covers the monthly expenses...as a result, he yells at me and at the kids and has become more withdrawn than ever before....he needs therapy and possibly medication or our marriage and even our children’s well-being will be at risk...but we can’t afford it at this time...it is just getting worse and worse… Can you help?


~ I used to be more religious and feel connected when I did good deeds...lately, I don’t feel connected and even resent my whole lifestyle as a religious Jew...I secretly eat non-kosher, I don’t wait the required time between milk and meat and I have no problems with violating sabbath...I can’t relate to the community Rabbis, the rules or any aspect of Judaism any more...Can you help?


~ I don't have health insurance and need help applying for Medi-Cal and Social Security Disability Benefits (SSI/SSDI)...Can you help?


~ I literally do not have any money to buy food...I have heard about food stamps or CALfresh? Can you help?


~ I have been covering up how I feel about my relationship with my spouse for years, but I can’t do it anymore...the problem is I am married with 5 kids who are all in the local Jewish schools...it is effecting my marriage...I want to get out of my life... Can you help?


~ I finished school a year ago and haven’t yet been able to find a job...it is affecting me emotionally and professionally...I feel like a failure and unsure about my future... Can you help?


~ I just found out that my husband has not been faithful to me... we have many kids and we are open for therapy but we don’t know where to begin, who to talk to or how we will afford it...Can you help?

~ I have severe insomnia...it has destroyed my life...I am up all night and a zombie the next morning...I don’t know what to do or how to pay for therapy...Can you help?


~ I just turned 43...I am unmarried...I don’t even have the confidence to go on another date again...I need to talk to a professional therapist and get mentally/emotionally healthy before I can start dating again...Can you help?

~ My husband has a problem with gambling...he has put us in MAJOR debt...I don’t know how to get out of the mess or how to get him to talk to someone... Can you help?

~ My mother is 77 and needs to go into a nursing home – I don’t know which homes have kosher food, how I will pay for it or what to do with any assets that she has? Can you help me set up a Med-Cal Asset Protection Plan? Can I get her In-Home Health Care services instead? Can you help?


~ I just received a notice that I am being evicted because I couldn’t pay the full rent…I don’t understand why this is happening to me…What am I going to do? Can my landlord really force me to leave? Can you help?

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