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When I called my nephew Yossi Klein on the morning of January 5, 2022, I did not know whether my friend’s mother who had just passed away of Covid the day before would receive any type of burial. Much less a burial with a proper Tahara completed, as well.

Little did I know that Yossi together with Reb Heshy Neiman, President of the Chevra Kadisha leads a network of extraordinary men and women who are dedicated to the burial of our Maisim, Al Taharas Hakodesh.

Indeed, as soon as I called early in the afternoon and secured the families permission, Yossi and Heshy put together a team of dedicated Nashim Tzidkyanos to travel round trip (three hours) to Youngstown, Ohio to take care of this poor women.

I kept following the development the whole afternoon by telephone and text to make sure that the Team would timely meet up with my friend and his brother at the funeral home in Youngstown. Indeed, they met at around 6:30 pm. The Team did the Tahara and then went on their long trek back to Cleveland Ohio.

Only the Jewish people can have such outstanding Baalos Chesed that pick themselves up one wintery afternoon to travel almost 200 miles (road-trip) to do this Chesed Shel Emes.

I had to write this short accolade of thanks to these extraordinary women and men who do this every day of every year.

Mi Kamcha Yisroel, Goy Echad Be’Aretz.

We have to thank those that are on the front lines and down in the trenches, working for Am Yisroel all the time.

May Ha-Shem look down upon his holy children and end this bitter galus once and for all and bring Moshiach Tzidkenu, Bimhera Byaminu Amen.

Ezra and Amy Klein