In many Jewish communities, young couples who need help with their wedding expenses can rely in part on one of several aid organizations, but in Cedarhurst, N.Y., a group of 25 elementary schoolchildren decided to personally help a bride and groom have the wedding of their dreams.
The girls of the Chai Five youth group run by Chabad-Lubavitch of the Five Towns held a charity box drive and fundraiser.
“What started out as a nice gesture to minimally partake in the enormous expenses of making a wedding resulted in Chai Five collecting enough to cover basic, yet major, costs,” Chani Rubashkin, one of the coordinators of the group, told the Five Towns Jewish Times. …