Where What When December 2005 Table of Contents New Gemach Offers Modest Hospital Attire© By WWW We are pleased to inform the Jewish community of a wonderful new gemach, Chasdei Miriam, lezecher nishmas Miriam, a”h, bas Shneir Zalmen, n”y, a young vibrant mother of two children who was taken from us this past winter.Miriam Wasserman (née Gertner) was an unforgettable woman with a lofty neshama. She touched so many people – strangers, friends, and family alike – with her vibrant simchas hachaim, the constant smile on her shining face, even while undergoing painful yessurim (suffering). One of Miriam’s many outstanding characteristics was her intense devotion to tznius (modesty), even while confined to her hospital bed, attached to tubes and machinery. It bothered Miriam so much to have to wear the standard hospital gown. She kept saying, “Cover me with a towel,” which inspired her mother, Mrs. Chanie Gertner, to sew tzniusdik hospital gowns for her. In response, Miriam told her mother, “Thank you so much; now I feel like a mensch! Now one can say a Yiddishe vort in my presence, and I can, too!” The Gertner family has undertaken to make available to the public a hospital gown gemach, le’ilui nishmasa, to honor her lofty memory. These tzniudik hospital gowns are suitable for maternity use, surgery, or for when one is on an I.V. and cannot wear her own clothes. For more information about the hospital gowns, in Baltimore, please call Mrs. Devorah Weinreb, 410-484-8263 or Mrs. Dina Steinharter, 410-358-0316. For other locations, please call Mrs. Chanie Gertner, 845-425-8687. Copyright © December 2005 Where What When |
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