Yedid Nefesh is a passionate community of monthly givers on a mission to end mental health stigma and suffering in our communities. People like you, giving anything they can to prove that change is possible.
Join Yedid Nefesh
Give hundreds of people with mental health challenges access to communal and Rabbinic support through our hotline every year.
A message from
Rav Yoni Rosensweig
“Previously, Shabbat and chagim were very scary for me. I would often feel suicidal. I would walk to a cliff in my neighborhood and think about just jumping off. I couldn’t take the emotions.
I can’t tell you how much it helped to gain access to my healthy coping mechanisms on Shabbat. Also, knowing that I could call my therapist or Rav Yoni on Shabbat, helped significantly with my anxiety. Today I can manage so much better. I really feel that Maaglei Nefesh is doing such a chesed for the world.”
LeahExpert from Lived Experience 
Our trained Rabbinic operators provide:
Recognition
The Orthodox community recognizes your pain as real.
Halachic relief
We apply mental health knowledge to Orthodox frameworks to help ensure that halacha is not a barrier to recovery.
support and spiritual guidance
We are here to listen and to provide guidance around questions of guilt, identity, pain, and connection to God.
referrals into the mental health system
Our operators are trained to help those in need access clinical care.
As a Yedid Nefesh member you will receive access to an exclusive events and communications, providing insight into the important work done at Maaglei Nefesh.
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