Thursday, April 07, 2005

shloshim, 30 days, so quickly

Yesterday was the "shloshim," 30 day's from passing away, memorial for Shimon (Sidney) Simons, Z"L. Especially since he passed away so suddenly, no warning whatsoever, it's hard to believe that he's already in "olam haba." Some friends of his said that they had no idea that he had passed away until they saw the "shloshim" announcement in the paper.

People came from all of the country, family and friends and of course neighbors from Shiloh. Late afternoon we gathered around the grave for t'hilim (psalms) and prayers, and then we proceeded to the Mishkan Shiloh synagogue, built to resemble the Tabernacle as described in the Bible. There we prayed the mincha prayer, listened to divrei Torah and eulogies and ended with the ma'ariv, evening prayers.

May G-d bless Sophie with a long and healthy life filled with joyous occasions.

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