Rabbanit Clara Ovadia is a refined mother of 11 who never leaves the country and is home each afternoon, yet she singlehandedly supports 90 avreichim
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abbanit Clara Ovadia is the mother of 11 young children, ranging in age from six months to seventeen years old. She’s also the administrator of the kollel she established and raises the necessary funds for the 90 avreichim learning in it, relying only on a kosher cell phone and a simple appointment calendar to keep track of it all.
Administering a kollel is not your typical woman’s job, but Rabbanit Ovadia proves each day anew that with love, determination, and mesirus nefesh, you can succeed at something you never dreamed you’d do.
It all began with a horrific tragedy 14 years ago. A week after Pesach, on a family bein hazmanim trip to a nature reserve, Rabbanit Ovadia’s brother, Moshe Yisrael Abuhav, a young bochur, drowned in front of their father’s eyes. In the wake of the calamity, the family decided to establish a kollel, Tiferet Yisrael, in his memory.
The kollel started with four avreichim, and Rabbanit Ovadia, who was in her early twenties at the time, took on the financial responsibility for it so her husband could focus exclusively on learning.
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