Haredi soldiers distributed 2,000 mishloach manot to patients while on army leave Credit: Nahal Haredi Organization

While on holiday leave from the army, Haredi soldiers from the Netzach Yehuda Brigade chose to devote their long-awaited vacation day to visiting the sick in hospitals around Israel and delivering festive mishloach manot to them. In the last two days, the soldiers visited Hadassah Ein Kerem and Shaarei Zedek Hospitals in Jerusalem, Sheba-Tel Hashomer in Tel Aviv, and Ha’Emek in Afula, as well as several nursing homes in small towns and cities around the country. In the framework of the Netzach Danielle Project established in memory of Danielle Sonnenfeld, a’h, 2,000 mishloach manot packages were delivered to the elderly, ill, and disabled around Israel. While distributing the packages in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, the soldiers were treated to a visit by Minister of Education Naftali Bennett who expressed his Purim greetings to the soldiers and wished them all the best.

The volunteer-based Netzach Danielle project is the initiative of the Nahal Haredi Organization which escorts Haredi soldiers throughout their years of military service and beyond. The mishloach manot were the gift of the Danielle Foundation, founded by Mr. Moti Sonnenfeld in memory of his beloved daughter Danielle, a’h, who was killed three years ago on this day in a tragic car accident while returning home from volunteering in the oncology ward at Schneider’s Children’s Hospital.

A Nahal Haredi rabbi relayed, “We are proud of our soldiers who successfully integrate a Haredi lifestyle with military service—both on duty and off. Our goal as an association is to educate, counsel, support, and guide Haredi soldiers. This Purim, our soldiers went to meet the wonderful people whose lives they bravely defend day after day. They went with the goal of spreading joy and good cheer to suffering patients. We are very grateful to Moti Sonnenfeld who generously supports this project and who enabled us to bring the joy of Purim to 2,000 of our fellow Jews. It is a great honor for us to perpetuate the legacy of Danielle Sonnenfeld through the kindhearted actions of our soldiers.”

Haredi soldiers distributed 2,000 mishloach manot to patients while on army leave
Credit: Nahal Haredi Organization

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