Eleven years of anticipation and disappointment had elapsed since the birth of their firstborn son, Itai. Eleven years of waiting for Rabbi Tzion Cohen, the chief rabbi of Or Yehuda, and his wife. Waiting for another child to light up their life.
The fertility treatments were difficult and painful, and didn’t help. In their sorrow, they turned to the gadol b’Yisrael, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef ztz”l and cried, “Rabbi, it is too much to bear.”
The rav joined their cries and then placed his hand over their heads, and fervently blessed the couple from the depths of his heart.

Their hearts were once again full of hope, and it didn’t take long for the long-awaited news to arrive. After one of the treatments, the doctor told them they needed to start preparing, because they were about to double their family size – there were triplets on the way. The tears of the past 11 years turned into tears of joy. Indeed the happy couple merited greeting two sweet girls and a mischievous boy.

“No one else can understand what we went through, the obstacles we overcame along the way,” Rav Tzion thought, and promised to himself that one day and b’ezrat Hashem he himself would help others with the knowledge and experience he had garnered and pass it on to fertility challenged couples.
And indeed, Rav Tzion established Machon Dorot together with his son, Itai, who is the current director of the institute. Ever since its establishment the institute has given its all – efforts, budget, and resources – to helping the challenged couples with everything they need.

Because everyone has the right to have someone call them “Mommy” or “Daddy”