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Zaidy's Yom Kippur


By Devorah Leah Riesenberg
It's an old voice, but powerful and steady. It is my Zaidy saying the mourner's Kaddish for his father, whose yahrtzeit is Yom Kippur

11 Comments Posted
Reader Comments
Posted: Oct 7, 2005
write more please!


This is an amazing story. I look forward to reading more by this author in the future
Posted By Anonymous, U.S.A

Posted: Oct 8, 2005
Inspiring tribute
Thank you Devorah Leah for a very inspiring and well told story of her Zaidy, a wonderful tribute to his memory! I look forward to seeing more of her wriiting
Posted By Anonymous, Baltimore, MD

Posted: Oct 9, 2005
Proud Father
A moving story, beautifully written by my daughter.
Posted By Shmuel Kaplan, Baltimore, Maryland

Posted: Oct 9, 2005
Very inspiring... makes us all think about what our yom kippur should be devoted to. This article truly touched me.
Posted By Anonymous, toronto, Ontario

Posted: Oct 11, 2005
zeides story
I love Zeides story, i'm lucky my family did not have to go though this terrible tragedies, but i think that Zeides stories are the ones we can not afford to not tell to the new generatons. Pleses keep writing, you do it so well i get tears in my eyes.

sorry for my pour english.
Posted By ines ades, beachwood, cleveland, ohio

Posted: Nov 22, 2005
Zaidy's Yom Kippur
That is a truly inspiring story, and told mostly through the clear eyes of a child. I hope you will post more of the same. I thank you for lifting my mood.
Posted By Anonymous, Berkeley, CA

Posted: Dec 16, 2005
Thank you for sharing this touching story.
Posted By Anonymous, san leandro, ca

Posted: June 6, 2006
zaidy
This story reminds me of something my mother said to me a couple of years ago. My own Papa O"B"M, belonged to an Orthodox Shul when my mother was a little girl; anyways, my mother saw me swaying as I recited the Shmonah Esrai during High Holiday services one year. When I sat down, she whispered to me, "Papa would be so proud." Your story brought back that memory.
Thank you.
Posted By Dan S, Buffalo Grove, Il, USA

Posted: Nov 8, 2006
A Touching Story
Beautifully written and so touching! I'm crying! You must write more Devora Leah.
Posted By Melissa B, Baltimore, MD

Posted: Oct 7, 2008
within our mind
Each of us has two sides of our mind, the positive side and the negative side. When we realize that a thought now comes from the negative side we have to remind ourself that we can go to the other side, positive or stay within the negative side. We MUST THINK of our nature be it positive or negative. We can CHANGE our thoughts as we choose.
Posted By Philip A. Goldman, philadelphia, pa/USA

Posted: Oct 11, 2008
So inspiring! Few of us realize just how lucky we are until we read stories like this!
Posted By Miriam Adahan

 


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