Tova Menachem, mother of eight If you ever need help cutting something up into very small, equal pieces, Tova Menachem can help you. Not long ago she borrowed a tomato and cut it into eight pieces in order to feed her hungry children. No, it wasn't a garnish, or a side dish. An eighth of a tomato was dinner. Two of Tova's kids are epileptic. One was born with no growth hormones. Her husband is psychotic. They live in a shack. It takes a special kind of lady to maintain a sense of humor under such circumstances. When asked why there were no chairs, she said, "Where would I put them?" Yad Eliezer found out about Tova after one of her children limped into class crying. Her feet had grown a full size. Her shoes stubbornly refused to grow along with her. The pain was unbearable. Of course there was no money at home for a new pair. The shack is still a shack. And we couldn't do much about the sick children. But the days of cutting up borrowed tomatoes are over. And everyone has shoes that fit. There are even a few chairs for the kids to sit on as they do their homework or share a real meal. Yad Eliezer is there for the Menachem family. And Tova is so happy to have a hand to hold onto.
Nuriel Shrim, of the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture   Moshe Danino, a farmer in the Negev   Irena, cancer patient   Ido Marak, bank manager in Jerusalem   Moshe Zahav, wheelchair-bound   Morris Sarfati, owner/manager of auto repair centers   Yossie and David, neighborhood grocery store owners   Elisha Serchi, laundry man   Chagit Binyamini, mother of ten   Nir Baram, volunteer truck driver