Cared for, for Eternal Life
Jewish Burial in the Age of COVID-19 #5
Dignity for the dead for members of the Jewish community is something Chesed Shel Emes, a grassroots network of volunteers, has worked toward since the 1980s. No matter the obstacle, they never say “no” to any Jewish person in need of burial. “If you’re a member of AAA, they will
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Chesed in a time of coronavirus
Burial society pulls back the curtain on its efforts Jewish burial societies tend to keep a low profile. Tending to the dead is termed chesed shel emet — a true kindness — because the beneficiary, being dead, cannot reciprocate. It’s not a mitzvah that lends itself to the limelight. So
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Three Fatalities After Passenger Van Hits Tree in New Hempstead
NEW YORK - Two men from New Square, a father-in-law with his son-in-law, and one twenty year old girl were killed after a 15 passenger van driving on New Hempstead Rd in Rockland County hit a tree, on Monday afternoon. Ambulances and EMTs from Hatzoloh and Spring Hill EMS arrived
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Burying Jew… After Jew… After Jew: Providing a Final Kindness During the Coronavirus Pandemic
As Jews around the world sat down to their Purim seudah, Rabbi Shlomie Feldman’s mind wandered. He had started to hear talk of a serious virus coming out of China. Rabbi Feldman, the human resources director for Chesed Shel Emes (CSE) – a volunteer burial organization – immediately began thinking
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Chesed Born of Corona
Since inception, the organization has buried about two thousand meisei mitzvah — those who leave no family or money to ensure a Jewish burial The Ultimate Kindness It’s only when you hear Rabbi Mayer Berger talk of the more than 600 taharos that Chesed Shel Emes, a large Brooklyn Chevra
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