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02/03/2025 dvir_rge

Rabbi Grossman celebrated Family Day together with the children of the “Migdal Ohr”. It is a family day, a day that the whole family celebrates together. A suitable day to visit his thousands of children.

Rabbi Yitzhak Dovid Grossman is the father of thousands of boys and girls in Israel – children who came from difficult places, who experienced a complex reality, who need someone to believe in them. For them, he is the supporting shoulder, the hand that caresses, the smile that shines and the heart that is always open.

In each of his visits to the “Migdal Ohr” institutions, like the last visit to the “Pirchei Ora” school, he stops, listens, asks each boy and girl how they are doing, genuinely interested. He sits with them, learns with them, tells them a story and strengthens them with words that will stay with them for life. Because for them – he is not “like a father”, he is a father to all intents and purposes.

On this Family Day, we salute Rabbi Grossman for his long-standing role as a father to thousands of children in Israel. A father who dedicates his life to give every child a warm home, love, faith, and a real chance to succeed.

ילדי המשפחותניםפ אוכלים ארוחת ערב משותפת

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28/02/202502/03/2025 dvir_rge

In honor of Family Day, we would like to thank all the special families who joined the “MISHPACHTONIM” project in “Migdal Ohr” .

children who have lost the feeling of belonging to a family receive love, warmth and support in a loving family environment at the “MISHPACHTONIM” Project. On each floor of the mishpachtonim buildings, a family lives in its own apartment alongside 12 children who live next to it. The children receive a warm home, stability and attention, and feel, some of them for the first time in their lives, part of a warm and loving family. Rabbi Yitzhak Dovid Grossman, the founder of the project, founded the nurseries with the belief that children need more than a boarding educational setting – they need a family. Every family wraps the children in love, and gives them a sense of family and a family model. On this Family Day, we thank these special families for their tremendous giving and the love they give to these children, it goes without saying, Happy Family Day!

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25/02/202502/03/2025 dvir_rge

“orange benches” project of Migdal Ohr to commemorate the members of the Biebs family who were murdered in captivity by Hamas

In the Migdal Ohr carpentry workshop, the students thought of an original way to commemorate the members of the Biebs family who were kidnapped and murdered by Hamas. The students built benches, KKL tables and swings, all of their own handiwork, which will be placed around the boarding school yard. All the items were designed and painted in the orange hue in memory of Kafir, Ariel and Shiri Biebs. When the students saw the product after a lot of sweat in carpentry, their self-confidence was strengthened and the feelings of success rose in them, but above all, they felt an obligation to give a little something of themselves for the perpetuation of the family.

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01/01/202502/03/2025 dvir_rge

During the week, the children of the “Migdal Ohr” celebrated with Hanukkah parties and special sessions for the holiday. We came to banish the darkness!

We came to banish darkness Today is the eighth candle of Hanukkah, we can already summarize and say – nothing can extinguish the candle of our children. During the week, the children of the “Migdal Ohr” celebrated in all the various educational institutions founded by Rabbi Yitzhak Dovid Grossman, with Hanukkah parties and special sessions for the holiday. Despite the difficult times we are going through, our children never stop seeing the light and teach us how much stronger the light is than the darkness.

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29/12/202402/03/2025 dvir_rge

Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman was honored to light the fifth candle of Hanukkah in the Western Wall in honor of the wounded of Israel’s wars and hostilities.

Rabbi Yitzhak Doavid Grossman, was honored to light the fifth candle of Hanukkah in the Western Wall in recognition of the Israeli heroes who were wounded as a result of fighting in the ‘Iron Swords’ war and Israel’s wars and hostilities. The lighting took place in the presence of the Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Places Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the Mayor of Jerusalem Mr. Moshe Leon and the Minister of Transportation and Road Safety Brigadier General Miri Regev. Also attended, Kobi and Idit Ohel, the parents of Alon, who was kidnapped in Gaza, wounded and disabled IDF heroes who were wounded in the war and victims of hostilities, soldiers of the 55th Paratrooper Brigade in the Reservoir together with the brigade commander Col. Avi Haliva, survivors survivors of the Holocaust and many thousands who came to the Western Wall. Rabbi Yitzhak Dovid Grossman said: “This is the place to ask God to perform miracles and for all the abductees to return to their homes soon. To ask God to perform miracles and for all the wounded soldiers to be healed. And to ask God that if the soldiers return safely from the war without harm.”

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09/12/202402/03/2025 dvir_rge

The students of the “Afiki Ohr” youth village went on a volunteer day at a nursing home for elderly people and brought light to the old residents

The students of the “Afiki Or” youth village of the “Migdal Or” association went on a volunteer day at an old people’s home and brought the farm animals of the village with them so that our senior citizens could enjoy them as well. The students, most of whom are defined as at risk, not only brought joy to the residents of the nursing home but also gained valuable life skills through the empowering experience. During the visit, the students, who regularly take care of animals as part of their agricultural studies, brought rabbits and parrots from the village. The animals played a central role in the activities and provided the senior citizens with moments of connection and enjoyment while petting and interacting with them. The highlight of the day was a special workshop led by the students, in which they taught the old residents how to make flower pots with macrame covers. The students demonstrated leadership, responsibility and communication skills, and acquired tools that will serve them in the future. In addition, they spent time playing board games and talking with the residents, giving warmth, a lot of attention and brightening their day. This initiative not only brought happiness to the elderly nursing home residents but also empowered the female students who returned with a sense of pride and achievement in their significant contribution. This is an excellent example of how the educational institutions of the Migdal Ohr teach their students the importance of giving to others. At Migdal Ohr, the students learn that no matter what you have, you can always give, support and make a difference in someone else’s life.

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02/12/202401/01/2025 dvir_rge

Due to the war, the desert trek for Zoharim’s 11th graders was cancelled. A year later, they are now participating in this life-changing journey

The war prevented Zoharim Youth Village 11^th graders from participating in the challenging desert trek; however, they have already learned – never give up! Now, as 12^th graders, they are going to the Negev to discover our beautiful country, but primarily to discover themselves.

The desert trek is held every year and enables pupils to experience the desert, to cope with the physical and emotional challenges, to gain the tools to cope with life’s challenges, to develop emotional fortitude and belief in their own abilities and to strengthen their sense of competence. Through a therapeutic – educational intervention in the field, over 5 days of a challenging trek, they gain new abilities and reveal others that they didn’t know they had, prior to entering society.

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01/12/202402/03/2025 dvir_rge

The students of the “Zoharim” youth village catching the waves and learn to succeed through a formative confrontation with the forces of the sea in a unique surfing course

They came to the village after experiencing failures and not finding suitable frameworks for them. Today they are already striving for success. In “Zoharim” village, the students enjoy a challenging surfing course that combines learning and experience and helps to find inner strengths inherent in each of them. Surfing and dealing with nature’s challenges creates a far-reaching effect, which affects other areas of life and leads to achievements and successes. We caught a wave and some pictures…

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24/11/202401/01/2025 dvir_rge

One picture paints a thousand words…But nevertheless, we have decided to tell you about the new photography major at Migdal Ohr’s Shalhevet School

As part of this major, the girls learn about the language of photography and gain experience in practical photography, which expresses their inner world. The curriculum enables them to voice their opinions, share and tell their story, through the photography medium.

In this major, the girls find a place for experiential, emotional and social expression, to voice their opinions and to get a message across using visual tools. It encourages them to address issues that interest them, that they care about, or that they have experienced themselves. This is another tool that Migdal Ohr offers the girls in order to develop an ability to honestly and openly express their feelings and thoughts, verbally and visually.

The Shalhevet School was established by Israel Prize Recipient, Rabbi Yitzchak David Grossman for teenage girls at-risk. The school provides the pupils with support, knowledge and the tools to change their life’s trajectory for the good.

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20/11/202401/01/2025 dvir_rge

Zoharim Youth Village’s 11th graders went on a challenging trek in the desert, to discover their untapped hidden strengths and competence

Currently, the Zoharim Youth Village 12^th graders are on a 5-day challenging trek in the desert. They will walk 72 kilometers and be forced to cope with the desert and its challenges by themselves.

This trek helps the pupils get to know the Negev, with their feet, and to get to know their ability to cope with challenges and difficulties that they often avoid in their daily lives.

During the first day, the boys learned to read a map and the stars, to navigate, light a fire, cook and find shelter; and later on in their journey, they will cope with the desert using their own strengths.

The trek consists of powerful experiences, does not allow them to run away from or avoid coping; and the boys cope with various difficulties, both physical, emotional and social.

Thanks to the intensive coping, the boys begin to recognize their hidden strengths and sense of competence. The trek requires them to make a change from dependency to independence, where at the end, they will discover how much they can succeed in charting their life trajectory on their own.

Rabbi Grossman celebrated Family Day together with the children of the “Migdal Ohr”. It is a family day, a day that the whole family celebrates together. A suitable day to visit his thousands of children.

In honor of Family Day, we would like to thank all the special families who joined the “MISHPACHTONIM” project in “Migdal Ohr” .

“orange benches” project of Migdal Ohr to commemorate the members of the Biebs family who were murdered in captivity by Hamas

During the week, the children of the “Migdal Ohr” celebrated with Hanukkah parties and special sessions for the holiday. We came to banish the darkness!

Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman was honored to light the fifth candle of Hanukkah in the Western Wall in honor of the wounded of Israel’s wars and hostilities.

The students of the “Afiki Ohr” youth village went on a volunteer day at a nursing home for elderly people and brought light to the old residents

Due to the war, the desert trek for Zoharim’s 11th graders was cancelled. A year later, they are now participating in this life-changing journey

The students of the “Zoharim” youth village catching the waves and learn to succeed through a formative confrontation with the forces of the sea in a unique surfing course

One picture paints a thousand words…But nevertheless, we have decided to tell you about the new photography major at Migdal Ohr’s Shalhevet School

Zoharim Youth Village’s 11th graders went on a challenging trek in the desert, to discover their untapped hidden strengths and competence

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