New Website Lets Anash Outfit a Bochur for Winter

With temperatures dropping, the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim’s Tomchei Bochurim is again outfitting Bochurim in 770 for winter, and this year anyone can pick out exactly what a Bochur receives.

As the cold settles over Crown Heights, Tomchei Bochurim, a project of the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim, has opened its annual winter campaign to provide coats and winter essentials for Bochurim learning in 770. This year it comes with something new: a website where members of the community can “shop” for a Bochur, choosing the specific items he needs.

For most of us, getting ready for winter means pulling out a warm coat, buying a new sweater or replacing a worn pair of gloves.

For some Bochurim learning in 770, even these basics are not so simple.

They have come to spend these years immersed in Torah and Chassidus in the Rebbe’s Yeshiva. Many are far from home, and some come from families who simply cannot stretch to cover a new coat and winter clothing. 

A warm winter coat. A decent pair of shoes. A sweater to get through the New York cold.

Tomchei Bochurim was founded so those needs are never overlooked. Over the past several years it has provided coats and winter essentials to hundreds of Bochurim, along with hats, suits and other Yom Tov clothing at subsidized prices. Its mission is simple: that every Bochur knows someone is looking out for him, B’gashmiyus as well as B’ruchniyus, and that he receives what he needs with dignity, without having to ask.

The new website lets supporters take part more personally. Instead of a general contribution, donors choose something specific: a winter coat, a warm sweater, gloves or a full winter bundle. Each selection goes directly toward outfitting a Bochur for the months ahead.

The Bochur may never know who bought his coat, and the donor may never meet the Bochur who wears it. But every cold morning on his way to Seder, that warmth will be there, along with the knowledge that someone cared enough to provide it.

The Rebbe’s Bochurim bring warmth and light into the world through their Torah, Avodah and Hiskashrus. Let’s make sure they are kept warm this winter.

To choose an item for a Bochur, visit TomcheiBochurim.com.