Mazel tov! Excitement and exhilaration fill the air as the brand-new chassan and kallah announce their engagement.
It's a special time in their life - and yet for too many families, the high of the simchah is followed by crushing pressure and tension.
Making a wedding, even a modest one, has always been an enormous financial undertaking. While many worthy organizations assist kallahs and their families with wedding expenses, chassanim and their families are left worrying about wedding preparations. Families that are barely keeping up with day-to-day expenses are now faced with looming outlays: the wedding, the chassan's new wardrobe, basic gifts for the kallah. The stress and anxiety dull the glow of the simchah, tarnishing the anticipation and happiness of this special time. Sadly, the glorious simchah becomes a bittersweet event.
Thanks to Zichron Mattel, true simchah has been restored to hundreds of families.
It's a special time in their life - and yet for too many families, the high of the simchah is followed by crushing pressure and tension.
Making a wedding, even a modest one, has always been an enormous financial undertaking. While many worthy organizations assist kallahs and their families with wedding expenses, chassanim and their families are left worrying about wedding preparations. Families that are barely keeping up with day-to-day expenses are now faced with looming outlays: the wedding, the chassan's new wardrobe, basic gifts for the kallah. The stress and anxiety dull the glow of the simchah, tarnishing the anticipation and happiness of this special time. Sadly, the glorious simchah becomes a bittersweet event.
Founded with the goal of ensuring that every chassan receives the essentials he needs to enter his marriage with dignity and joy, Zichron Mattel is the collaborative brainchild of Lakewood's foremost shadchanim: R' Meir Levi, R' Shloime Lewenstein, and R' Tzodek Katz. With their unique perspective, they saw the urgency of helping newly engaged chassanim reach the chuppah without the stress and turmoil created by financial pressure. They established this fund to assist chassanim and their families, and graciously continue to run it as a purely altruistic endeavor.
Since its inception ten years ago, Zichron Mattel has grown exponentially. What started out as a small endeavor has flourished into a massive undertaking, with a staggering budget of over $1.5 million annually.
By helping a chassan embark on his new life journey with simchah and confidence, you are shouldering the burden together with these esteemed shadchanim. Sponsoring a chassan's simchah is a most meaningful way to express gratitude for your own simchah, and is likewise a unique zechus to merit an anticipated simchah.
Together, let us spread simchah in Klal Yisrael and celebrate each other's joyous events with a full heart.
Since its inception ten years ago, Zichron Mattel has grown exponentially. What started out as a small endeavor has flourished into a massive undertaking, with a staggering budget of over $1.5 million annually.
By helping a chassan embark on his new life journey with simchah and confidence, you are shouldering the burden together with these esteemed shadchanim. Sponsoring a chassan's simchah is a most meaningful way to express gratitude for your own simchah, and is likewise a unique zechus to merit an anticipated simchah.
Together, let us spread simchah in Klal Yisrael and celebrate each other's joyous events with a full heart.
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