Heartwarming: Facebook Post Draws Minyan for Elderly Man
A Facebook post brought an elderly man to tears today when over 100 people showed up to help fill a Minyan so that he can say Kaddish at his wife’s graveside on the day of her Yohrtzeit.
Working in Los Angeles Rafi Zoher received a photo from a friend showing his father sitting at the graveside of his mother Vivlah in Petach Tikvah. The message accompanying the photo was that his father has been waiting for a Minyan for hours.
Feeling helpless and far away Rafi posted the photo on Facebook with a plea for people to take 15 minutes of their time to help his father out.
The response was immediate and heartwarming and it brought Binyamin Zohar to tears.
Over 100 people showed up, well over the 10 he originally needed, and participated in the reciting of Kaddish.
Binyamin expressed shock at the turnout “I would have never believed it,” he said “last year at the Levaya we barely had a Minyan.” With tears in his eyes he then blessed all those who came out and helped, he told them how much he misses his beloved wife and that their showing up warmed his heart and made him feel less alone.
Though the real hero of the story was a woman named Yafit Mekonen, who shared Rafi’s original post which was then picked up by the Facebook page of PisPishuk, an online retailor with over 100,000 likes.
Sarah Nemon
Kol Hakavod to all Am Yisroel and Facebook
so sweet
KA”H
wow
I just burst into tears seeing this.. beautiful!
Shikoyach
Kol hakavod
Mimi Weiszner
This is the face of Moshiach- random acts of goodness and kindness- it will happen any minute now!
Anonymous
אשריכם ישראל!
Puzzled
If the son was in LA to begin with, how did he get that picture? who took it and sent it to him?
all Jews are one body, may we continue to feel for each part and bring Mashiach NOW!
am yisroel chai!!!
this is so so touching
how come Hashem doesn’t get touched enuf to bring Moshiach
Wow
HASHEM, MEE KE AMCHA YISROEL?????!!!!!!
Chaim Gavriel
G-d bless our people!
Rwl
Mi k’amcha?
avi
Mi Keamcha Yisroel? Very special
tears
now this is what facebook should be for
I am so choked up and proud of my people!!
I hope
How alone this poor gentleman must be! I hope some of these people will visit him or invite him over.
am Yiroel
mwahhhhh
Jeff Ansell
So beautiful. May his wife’s soul be elevated and may the Kaddish prayer move her even closer to G-d
Cantor N P Berman
I had tears in my eyes reading this How WONDERFUL to see a minyan appear, and how wonderful it is to see stories that have so much meaning on FB
Milhouse
Her name was obviously Viola, not Vivlah! Use some sense!