Beit Shemesh – On the second night of Chol Hamoed Sukkos, a festive Simchas Beis Hashoeva and Leil Shishi gathering was held for the yesomim and yesomos of Buneinu and Bnoseinu. The event also served as the grand opening of a space that is already revolutionizing the world of chesed.

The big night was hosted in the magnificent new Tov V’Chesed hall called Ulamei Hakramim, a center with two wedding halls, one of which will use the proceeds of the other to marry off orphans completely free of charge!

A project that has been years in the making, Ulamei Hakramim is the brainchild of Tov V’Chesed founder and renowned ba’al chesed Reb Yaakov Eliezer Shisha. After years of paying for the wedding nights of over 1,000 orphaned chasanim and kallos, he gathered support from some of Klal Yisroel’s biggest donors to make this dream a reality. It is expected to host over 150 wedding nights annually, with all expenses paid for in full.

It was appropriate then that this place of simcha for orphans began with the pure simcha of young yesomim and yesomos enjoying their Chol Hamoed. The singing and dancing late into the night was joined by leading performers, singers and musicians, as well as prominent personalities in the community who wanted to be part of this momentous occasion. 

The renowned mashpia Harav Meilich Biderman Shlit”a came by to dance with the young children, as did other Rabbanim. As part of the program, the children also partook in a passionate kumzits that split ears – and surely the gates of heaven. 

The elevated simcha that was in the air on this special night served as the perfect launching for a place that will deliver unlimited simcha in the years and decades to come. Mazel Tov!