Mazal Tov Moshele!
Micha Berger
Yesterday, Moshe Holtzberg turned three, and his family celebrated
his passage from babyhood to an educable child with an Upsherin.
A wedding where not all of the couple's parents are alive to be there
has their memory hanging over it. To the extent that here in the US,
it's rare for no one to speak publically about the absent parent, how
much they would have been wanted to be there, how much they would have
been proud of their child and new spouse.
An Upsherin with no parents in physical attendence. What can I say? But
how can I be silent?
May Hashem's plan for him and his grandparents include nothing but
future joyous celebrations.
:-)BBii!
-Micha
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chsw
May I forward this? chsw
chsw
I already posted it, with attribution, on the Facebook page "One
year from Beit Chabad massacre in Mumbai."
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On 20-Nov-2009, mi...@aishdas.org (Micha Berger) wrote:
> I had system problems, so I couldn't post yesterday.
>
> Yesterday, Moshe Holtzberg turned three, and his family celebrated
> his passage from babyhood to an educable child with an Upsherin.
>
> A wedding where not all of the couple's parents are alive to be there
> has their memory hanging over it. To the extent that here in the US,
> it's rare for no one to speak publically about the absent parent, how
> much they would have been wanted to be there, how much they would have
> been proud of their child and new spouse.
>
> An Upsherin with no parents in physical attendence. What can I say?
There are no words.
It was bad enough for me to have to name my son for my father.
I can't imagine what his grandparents feel, and am constantly
grateful I don't have to.
> But
> how can I be silent?
>
I certainly thank you for mentioning it.
> May Hashem's plan for him and his grandparents include nothing but
> future joyous celebrations.
Amen!
Susan
mos...@mm.huji.ac.il
> I had system problems, so I couldn't post yesterday.
>
> Yesterday, Moshe Holtzberg turned three, and his family celebrated
> his passage from babyhood to an educable child with an Upsherin.
Mazal Tov.
> A wedding where not all of the couple's parents are alive to be there
> has their memory hanging over it. To the extent that here in the US,
> it's rare for no one to speak publically about the absent parent, how
> much they would have been wanted to be there, how much they would have
> been proud of their child and new spouse.
I've heard it ocasionally in Israel but not too often.
> An Upsherin with no parents in physical attendence. What can I say?
May it be the last such occurance. May all future Upsherin have both
parents and lots of grandparents in attendence!
> But how can I be silent?
>
> May Hashem's plan for him and his grandparents include nothing but
> future joyous celebrations.
Amen.
--
Moshe Schorr
It is a tremendous Mitzvah to always be happy! - Reb Nachman of Breslov
The home and family are the center of Judaism, *not* the synagogue.
May Eliezer Mordichai b. Chaya Sheina Rochel have a refuah shlaimah
btoch sha'ar cholei Yisroel.
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