Hundreds of children eating at long tables in the Great Free Kitchen
Founded by Chaye Olam Institutions · Nearly 100 years

Let your house be opened wide, and let the poor be members of thy household.

יְהִי בֵיתְךָ פָּתוּחַ לִרְוָחָה, וְיִהְיוּ עֲנִיִּים בְּנֵי בֵיתֶךָ
Pirkei Avoth 1:5

Over a hundred years feeding the poor of Jerusalem.

See what we do

What your gift does

Six shifts, forty children to a shift, every weekday of the year.

Stacked plates and a tray of rolls on a trolley
01

Feeds poor scholars who make the study of Torah their lifetime pursuit.

02

Warm meals for poor children and orphans from homes that cannot feed them.

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A hot lunch six times a day, every weekday of the year.

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Keeps children from being lured away by mission homes and other such influences, with the offer of a warm meal.

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Keeps children off the street by giving them warm and friendly surroundings.

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Relieves struggling households of the one expense they cannot carry — feeding their own children.

Our appeal

בית התבשיל הגדול בירושלים
Dear Friend,

Great Free Kitchen in Jerusalem (established by Chaye Olam Institutions) needs your help. For many struggling families, the meals we provide ease the daily burden of putting food on the table for their children. Our work depends almost entirely on the generosity of those who receive our mail.

Food prices have risen far faster than our resources, and in the coming months the need will be greater than ever. We cannot meet it without you.

So we ask you plainly: give what you can, and if possible give it now. May the Almighty repay your generosity with countless blessings.

May you be inscribed for a year of health, parnossah and nachas.

Very truly yours,
The Committee
In memory of
לעילוי נשמת
הרב חיים גדלי' בן הרב יהושע זצ״ל
Rabbi Chaim G. Werner
Sixty years of unwavering dedication to this yeshiva.
Three boys laughing over lunch in the Great Free Kitchen
Lunch in the dining hall.

What happens when you become Parnas Hayom

$240 sponsors a meal for forty children.

פרנס היום
Parnas Hayom
Sponsor’s name goes here
1

Your name and the date you choose are recorded.

2

Your name goes on the honor plaque in the dining hall.

3

The children are asked to daven for you and your family after they have eaten.

4

For 40 consecutive days your name and request will be mentioned at the Kosel.

The dining hall laid out with plates before a shift
Getting ready for the children.
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