tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post1074146898909981968..comments2023-07-06T14:50:06.294+03:00Comments on Ki Yachol Nuchal!: "Our lives are filled with choices. I chose to expect the best."rutimizrachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06809119908148195009noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-46741117691408755562010-11-03T22:17:08.747+02:002010-11-03T22:17:08.747+02:00Ruti -- such a beautifully written post. Thank yo...Ruti -- such a beautifully written post. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us.<br /><br />Whoever remarked that RivkA, z"l, is beaming in these pix is spot on. Come to think of it, wasn't she like that in all the photos? What a captivating smile.Rebecca Einstein Schorrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09304661918070274646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-32438300879795680322010-11-02T14:34:06.095+02:002010-11-02T14:34:06.095+02:00Beautifully said, beautifully written. I could so...Beautifully said, beautifully written. I could so feel your emotions in your post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-90891738021783191652010-11-02T00:47:23.695+02:002010-11-02T00:47:23.695+02:00Thank you RutiThank you RutiSchvachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052885350566210171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-17348529016448462072010-11-01T17:58:10.394+02:002010-11-01T17:58:10.394+02:00Beautifully said!
How appropriate that three of y...Beautifully said!<br /><br />How appropriate that three of your lovely pictures are from the bloggers' picnic which RivkA z"l herself initiated, organized, and arranged pretty much singlehandedly.<br /><br />Count me in to the get-together too!Mrs. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649082640953110457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-8931451716075421732010-11-01T08:06:16.001+02:002010-11-01T08:06:16.001+02:00I think that's just what she'd want - I...I think that's just what she'd want - I'm in!tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02539537363084834903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-85053910087279433412010-10-31T22:58:28.425+02:002010-10-31T22:58:28.425+02:00A beautiful post.
As regards prayers that seem ...A beautiful post.<br /><br /> As regards prayers that seem to go unanswered.:<br /> Years ago, Chedva in Bnai Brak was fighting cancer, and revolutionized the attitude of people as regards loshon hara, as people endevored to watch their tongues in her merit. Expected to live a month or two, she held out for two years.<br /> At her funeral, her husband shared one of his wife's last comments. She mentioned that she knew that tehillim were being said in vast numbers for her. She then told her husband: If it doesn't hel[ me, it may help you. And if not you, maybe it will help the children. And if not them, then klal Yisroel".rickismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07817042750959998664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-77593377542307129092010-10-31T22:46:09.896+02:002010-10-31T22:46:09.896+02:00Beautiful, Ruti. I'm in for for that rowdy ev...Beautiful, Ruti. I'm in for for that rowdy evening.Bailahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115498582378133552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-77253693260013476522010-10-31T20:47:54.471+02:002010-10-31T20:47:54.471+02:00Great post, although I did not ever get to meet he...Great post, although I did not ever get to meet her, my soul felt the pain of absence from your words. In such dark times we have to cluster around those rare "bright lightbulbs," to help us see where the hell were suppose to be going. She should rise higher and higher in the pleasure of the being in the Yichud room with the Most High for all eternity.exiled warriornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-89683494289745429732010-10-31T20:04:21.265+02:002010-10-31T20:04:21.265+02:00Lovely post, Ruti, gorgeous pictures.Lovely post, Ruti, gorgeous pictures.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-33674137399840225882010-10-31T20:00:31.130+02:002010-10-31T20:00:31.130+02:00I'm sorry, Shtark. I didn't know. I have b...I'm sorry, Shtark. I didn't know. I have been davening for her all along. May you be comforted, dear friend.rutimizrachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06809119908148195009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-73212327996682885362010-10-31T19:48:51.034+02:002010-10-31T19:48:51.034+02:00My sister died of ovarian cancer this past Septemb...My sister died of ovarian cancer this past September. When she was first diagnosed eleven months earlier and started chemotherapy we talked about 'cancer blogs', and the immediate first blog to come to my mind was 'Coffee and Chemo'. My sister was amused by the title.<br /><br />May both my sister and RivkA be counted among the souls of Zion.Schvachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052885350566210171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-25435281605003915922010-10-31T19:35:43.976+02:002010-10-31T19:35:43.976+02:00This is a beautiful tribute Ruti. RivkA was an exa...This is a beautiful tribute Ruti. RivkA was an example to us all. May her family be granted comfort. I'll wear purple today for her.sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05813281777476012154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-1833651650205216602010-10-31T19:28:29.571+02:002010-10-31T19:28:29.571+02:00OTE: When I went to take the dog out, I got drench...OTE: When I went to take the dog out, I got drenched, and I felt exactly the same - like it was a bracha she sent us.<br /><br />There's something very cleansing about crying in the rain, too...Leah Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16546935038863589318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-12438534019307477722010-10-31T19:21:50.143+02:002010-10-31T19:21:50.143+02:00Thank you all, for beautiful comments that have st...Thank you all, for beautiful comments that have strengthened me. I had to add this one, from a private email (with permission): <br /><br />"This is a sad time for her children and husband and all Jews everywhere. May we go from strength to strength and may she inspire us to reach higher heights of spiritual greatness. May her children cherish her memory and may her love continue to embrace them even as she physically is not with us.<br /><br />"May we all see with our own eyes the miracles she did not live to see yet.<br /><br />David Waldman"rutimizrachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06809119908148195009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-82753235115672280912010-10-31T19:01:08.975+02:002010-10-31T19:01:08.975+02:00The rain woke me up three separate times on Friday...The rain woke me up three separate times on Friday night. I couldn't help but think that she had something to do with that particular bracha to the land she loved.<br /><br />This was a beautiful post, Ruti. Thank you.OneTiredEmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786020912408441766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-80346775952397819552010-10-31T17:41:09.953+02:002010-10-31T17:41:09.953+02:00In every one of your photos RivkA wasn't smili...In every one of your photos RivkA wasn't smiling - she was beaming, a face full of love, happiness and joy and that is how I will always remember her.<br /><br />Your post is beautiful and if you happen to be going to the cinema when we are in Israel (hopefully in the Spring) then we'd love to join you all.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026396774882202176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-58554203852234489592010-10-31T15:37:57.066+02:002010-10-31T15:37:57.066+02:00She didn't "give up" Ruti. Sometimes...She didn't "give up" Ruti. Sometimes HaShem has a cheshbon that only one of us can fill. RivkA was that special woman. <br /><br />We go into our courageous stances not knowing there they're leading or why. But we decide to be strong as the alternative - to fall apart - is terrible. We know in our guts that HKBH has valid reasons for stuff we'd rather not endure. We choose to cooperate, though tears will fall.<br /><br />Yes, we ride an emotional seesaw from sickness, daily stuff, name the difficulty. We're normal humans facing the unexpected, The Unknown, as best we can given the circumstances.<br /><br />Torah life teaches us that in Heaven there are no questions, no doubts. We'll get there, too. Hang on. And hang on to reassuring friends/family.Yocheved Golanihttp:www.yochevedgolani.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-82743881455289877662010-10-31T15:02:45.784+02:002010-10-31T15:02:45.784+02:00Beautiful post :-) We should all be so fortunate t...Beautiful post :-) We should all be so fortunate to be remembered with so many positive feelings.Rachel Inbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18211942924192779597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-22391035198939034742010-10-31T13:48:18.099+02:002010-10-31T13:48:18.099+02:00Oh Ruti, you couldn't have said it better. I&#...Oh Ruti, you couldn't have said it better. I'm not even going to try.<br /><br />I'll miss her so much!<br /><br />I looked for you last night, but in the crowd it was all hashgacha who got the hugs....Ye'he Sh'mey Raba Mevorachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10880916203103730085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-42396211801318814492010-10-31T12:55:04.459+02:002010-10-31T12:55:04.459+02:00Beautifully said. Thank you.Beautifully said. Thank you.Risa Tzoharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05012097234847651866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-41585631536529894722010-10-31T12:16:45.603+02:002010-10-31T12:16:45.603+02:00"RivkA never let anyone feel unimportant, and..."RivkA never let anyone feel unimportant, and she never let anyone make her feel small." I really felt that from her. I never met her in person, but when we met MominIsrael aka Hannah in person a few years ago, she said RivkA sent regards. Did she even know me? I guess she did!<br /><br />In our sephardi synagogue, we have a custom of saying a prayer for the deceased right before the prayer for the sick. It eases the pain slightly when you can move your misheberach to a different spot in the tefila and not have to totally drop it.<br /><br />Comfort and warmth to you in your loss. Clearly, she touched so many.Leorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303493764579879710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-25804023635935013222010-10-31T12:09:18.906+02:002010-10-31T12:09:18.906+02:00She surely will be missed down here!She surely will be missed down here!miryam heiliczerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01172033199299190451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-75705318321045955732010-10-31T12:02:07.621+02:002010-10-31T12:02:07.621+02:00"In honor of RivkA bat Yishaya -- let's a..."In honor of RivkA bat Yishaya -- let's a bunch of us get together soon and go to a movie."<br /><br />Sign me up.treppenwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10469868535926628214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-67410003672705103042010-10-31T11:51:02.170+02:002010-10-31T11:51:02.170+02:00thank you for this beautiful post. I had read the ...thank you for this beautiful post. I had read the blog "RivkA Matitya's inspiration" in JPost on Friday morning, and clicked on RivkA's actual blog from there only minutes after her passing was posted. What a loss to the world. Though I am sure that her memory will be a permanent blessing.Laurahttp://www.blog.aliyahbook.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873285922620200649.post-18762286355187636562010-10-31T11:43:52.306+02:002010-10-31T11:43:52.306+02:00This is a beautiful post Ruti and you echo a lot o...This is a beautiful post Ruti and you echo a lot of my feelings here. It is amazing to see how many of us have been impacted and inspired by RivkA's words; may her memory be a blessing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com