Beit HaChaim

The funeral was concise and to the point, exactly as Dad, Sabba Eddie would have liked. The Chevrah Kadisha said to schedule the funeral for two afters after the landing time of the plane, the same plane Larry also returned on. They even made it earlier.

The Chevrah Kadishas run their operation like a well oiled machine. From the minute Larry released Sabba’s body from the hospital and went to the funeral home to identify it on Motzei Shabbat (Saturday night), all went like clockwork. The Chevrah Kaddisha performed the tehara (purification in the Mikveh), enshrouding and placing in the coffin on Sunday morning, then brought the coffin to New York where it was handed over to a local Chevrah Kaddisha who took care of getting it on the plane and arranging with the Chevrah Kaddisha in Yerushalayim (Chevrat Yerushalayim) to pick up the coffin at Ben Gurion airport.

Larry, myself and Sabba’s coffin all met at the Beit Levyot (funeral hall) in Yerushaliym. Larry spoke in English. After him, Chaim, who came in uniform from his reserve duty, Prof. Uri Bar Gai, Ruchama and Elon all spoke in Hebrew. The procession then went to the graveyard and the burial was very quick. Afterwards I spoke at the fresh grave. We then spent time together, family and friends at the graveyard. Sabba Eddie’s soul undoubtedly got a lot of nachass from his descendants being together.

We are placing the eulogies here on the blog.

Yehi Zichro Baruch.