Fwd: Looking for shomrim

[Yoni Kaiser-Blueth]

Amazing opportunity to do an important mitzvah.  You can be in touch with me if you're interested or feel free to be in touch directly with Joyce.  Just let me know if you reach out to her.

Rabbi Yoni

Rabbi Yoni Kaiser-Blueth | 

Executive Director | GW Hillel |  

C:  917-887-1546 | 

Begin forwarded message:

From: torchi...@aol.com

Subject: From Joyce Torchinsky.

Date: February 12, 2013 2:30:17 PM EST

To: yo...@gwhillel.org

Hi Rabbi:

It was nice talking to you this afternoon...hopefully you can find me some folks!  Questions, please call.  If I can ever be of assistance to you (G-d Forbid!!!!), let me know!

Thanks,
Joyce.

Joyce E. Torchinsky, M.S.Ed.

Licensed Funeral Director DC/MD/VA

Torchinsky Hebrew Funeral Home

254 Carroll St., NW

Washington, DC  20012

Phone:  202-541-1001

Fax:  202-541-1004

 

[Yoni Kaiser-Blueth]

Someone asked me a GREAT question - what are shomrim.  So here it goes - according to halacha, it's a deceased person should never be alone, from the time they pass away until the moment they are buried.  So Jewish communities or Jewish funeral homes will organize shomrim - Jews who occupy the deceased.  The person will spend time studying or saying tehilim.  It's one of the most important mitzvot a Jew can fulfill because there is no reward for it in this world - meaning the deceased can never pay you back.  It's part of the larger body of mitzvot that fall under kavod ha-met - honoring the deceased.  

Please let me know if you have further questions.   

Rabbi Yoni

Rabbi Yoni Kaiser-Blueth | 

Executive Director | GW Hillel |  

C:  917-887-1546 | 

On Feb 12, 2013, at 9:41 PM, Yoni Kaiser-Blueth wrote:

Amazing opportunity to do an important mitzvah.  You can be in touch with me if you're interested or feel free to be in touch directly with Joyce.  Just let me know if you reach out to her.

Rabbi Yoni

Rabbi Yoni Kaiser-Blueth | 

Executive Director | GW Hillel |  

C:  917-887-1546 | 

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Begin forwarded message:

From: torchi...@aol.com

Subject: From Joyce Torchinsky.

Date: February 12, 2013 2:30:17 PM EST

To: yo...@gwhillel.org

Hi Rabbi:

It was nice talking to you this afternoon...hopefully you can find me some folks!  Questions, please call.  If I can ever be of assistance to you (G-d Forbid!!!!), let me know!

Thanks,
Joyce.

Joyce E. Torchinsky, M.S.Ed.

Licensed Funeral Director DC/MD/VA

Torchinsky Hebrew Funeral Home

254 Carroll St., NW

Washington, DC  20012

Phone:  202-541-1001

Fax:  202-541-1004

 

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