Simon Sabbach simon@orbaretz.org
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Rows of food packages ready for distribution
Project 04

Humanitarian Aid

“Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord.”

Proverbs 19:17  ·  Sprüche 19,17
Chapter 1

Everyday Mercy

Week after week, we bring food, supplies, and presence to families who struggle in silence — Holocaust survivors living out their final years in poverty, immigrant families still finding their footing, Arab neighbors in need, and the quietly poor in neighborhoods most people pass without noticing.

Orthodox Jewish families receiving humanitarian aid
Rows of food packages ready for distribution Supply of canned goods and food for distribution Boxes of humanitarian aid supplies

This is not crisis response — it is faithful, year-round love. When hungry hands receive bread in love, something opens — and Yeshua becomes possible.

Van loaded with boxes of supplies ready for delivery
Blue food bags loaded in the back of a van Young child smiling with a toy received as a gift Children receiving gifts from the ministry
Ministry worker preparing for a delivery run Van loaded with supply boxes ready for distribution

“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light.”

הָעָם הַהֹלְכִים בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רָאוּ אוֹר גָּדוֹל

Isaiah 9:2  ·  ישעיהו ט:ב
Chapter 2

Since the 7th of October

On October 7, 2023, everything changed. Rockets reached Haifa. Sirens became the rhythm of daily life. Families fled into shelters. Children who had never known war started running at the sound of an alarm. For our ministry, the war was not an event we watched from a distance. It was a call we answered.

Bomb-damaged building in Israel during the war
Children affected by the conflict in Israel Toys given to children displaced by the war

When sirens broke into the silence of prayer, we learned something we had not known before — that praise is not a feeling, it is a decision.

Israeli soldiers during the war Israeli soldiers on active duty

Life in the Shelters

We found families sleeping on concrete floors for weeks — children without a corner to rest or play. We brought mattresses anyway. We built a corner. We stayed. What grew out of that stubbornness and love opened more hearts to Yeshua than any sermon we had ever given.

Families sheltering underground during the war
Inside the underground shelter Underground parking shelter with tent pitched inside Tent set up inside a shelter space
Children's corner set up with mattresses inside a shelter Mother and child at an emergency relief point Families at a shelter during the war Mattresses distributed to shelter families
Shelter residents receiving support from the ministry Families inside the shelter during wartime Shelter life — people resting during the war Children in the shelter during the war

The Poor in Wartime

War reaches everyone — but not everyone the same way. For the poor, every alarm was one more weight on a load already heavy. We went to neighborhoods no one was visiting. We brought blankets, clothing, and food. Every delivery was a declaration: God has not forgotten you.

Elderly woman receiving humanitarian aid during the war
Food packages prepared for families during wartime Bags of winter supplies for families in need Warm clothing distributed during winter Shoes distributed to families in need

“In the middle of destruction, we kept trying to create little pockets of the Kingdom of God.”

Your gift becomes food on a family's table — in peacetime and in war.

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