According to friends of the family, it was almost one year ago to the day that the Ashkenazis, who helped coordinate activities for all of Thailand's five Chabad Houses, travelled back home to Israel for a wedding. Her parents wanted to give the girl and her five siblings a chance to spend quality time with their extended family in Kfar Chabad and Jerusalem, but not long after the wedding, Chaya Mushka complained of extreme headaches and of not feeling well in general. Tests revealed the worst.
Seven-Year-Old Daughter of Chabad Emissaries in Bangkok Passes Away
Classmates and teachers of a young Jewish girl who succumbed to a brain tumor remembered her for a maturity beyond her years and a profound love of Jewish people the world over. Chaya Mushka Ashkenazi, who passed away June 17 at Tel Hashomer Hospital in Tel Aviv, was the daughter of Rabbi Chaim Eliezer and Rochel Ashkenazi, Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Bangkok, Thailand, since 2000. She was 7.
According to friends of the family, it was almost one year ago to the day that the Ashkenazis, who helped coordinate activities for all of Thailand’s five Chabad Houses, travelled back home to Israel for a wedding. Her parents wanted to give the girl and her five siblings a chance to spend quality time with their extended family in Kfar Chabad and Jerusalem, but not long after the wedding, Chaya Mushka complained of extreme headaches and of not feeling well in general. Tests revealed the worst.
“Chaya Mushka was a unique child,” recalled Rabbi David Hadad, director of the day school in Bangkok where the girl attended classes from ages 2 to 6. “She was always helping everyone else, always sharing. For her, there was no such thing as accepting something just for herself. If someone gave her a candy, anything, she would give part of it to other children.”
A week after her passing, other children continue to speak about her.
“As soon as she learned to read,” noted Hadad, “she would read stories to the younger children, sometimes for hours. They loved this very much, and they really loved her. She was always looking after them, but the story time was the best for them.”
Baruch Dayan Emes...
This is so sad,
May Hashem bless her family and her Neshama and may MOSHIACH COME NOW!
sniff, sniff
oiy!! rebono shel olam! AD MOSAI!!! until wen do uur children have to suffer!!
bde
I can’t take it! Please, Moshiach NOW!!!
boruch dayan haemes
we should not know from these things any more!
BDH
Baruch Dayon Haemes
deb
baruch dayan emes!!!
to comment #5:
amen!!!!