"Amen, may it be so..."

"The situation is really not good."

"Oy vey... Boruch Dayan Ha’Emes..."

Reb Chaim Yeshaya Steinberg z"l, the son of ybl"c Reb Alter Menachem Dovid Steinberg, was a precious yungerman, pious in his ways and beloved by everyone. He had a steady seder in learning, had a solid shoulder for friends to lean on and was a devoted husband and doting father. He earned an honest living, complementing his salary through scrimping and saving, a shekel at a time, to pay the rent for his Beitar home on time.

Reb Chaim Yeshaya davened with the full bren, according to the Karlin Stoliner practice. He was devoted to his Rebbe and would consult with him frequently.

Life was good to Reb Chaim Yeshaya. When he decided to travel to Hungary to daven at the kever of Rav Yeshaya of Kerestir zt"l, the warm blessings of his wife and children accompanied him out the door. Little did they know it would be the last time they would see him.

During his trip, as he was driving from Kerestir in a rental car with a group of Yidden, a truck suddenly appeared, too late for them to stop. The truck jackknifed the car, critically injuring Reb Chaim Yeshaya. A short time later he lost consciousness.

For a week, the neshama of Reb Chaim Yeshaya waffled between heaven and earth, as his friends and acquaintances stormed the heavens on his behalf. But on a medivac flight from Hungary to Eretz Yisroel, he passed away. He was a mere 26 years old.

The entire city of Beitar wept along with his family. The skies appeared to crack from the loud sobbing of his young children as they recited Kaddish at the levayah.

"Today," six-year-old Ruvela told his mother, the new widow with three yesomim, in a broken voice, "Tatty was supposed to come home from his trip." Mommy, overcome with emotion at hearing this, burst out in a fresh round of tears. Witnessing his mother crying, Ruvela also began weeping, followed by Tzviki, 3, and Zevi, 1.

Right now, the wound is still fresh. Klal Yisroel is still in shock from the tragedy. But as the way of the world is, the searing pain will ebb, and the almana will remain alone.

Without a husband.

Without a father for her children.

Without a breadwinner at home.

Dear brothers, it is up to us to ensure the financial stability of the distraught almana and the three little orphans who have no one to rely upon. The Eibishter promises, "If you gladden those who are on Me, I shall gladden those who are on you."

The only way we can be mechazek the broken-hearted almana and three yesomim is by presenting them with a large sum of money. And in this merit, we will be zocheh to all brachos and the coming of Moshiach.