When Edith G.’s ancient gas range broke, she had no way to prepare her family’s meals. She couldn’t scramble an egg for breakfast, or cook up water for coffee, or prepare soup for Shabbos. But a new stove was out of the question. The family lives hand-to-mouth, and there’s no money for extras. Mesamche Lev gave Edith a coupon for a new gas range, and turned her little house back into a home.

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When an apartment is missing a refrigerator, oven, or washing machine, it’s not really a home.
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