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Rabbi Siegel
CELEBRATING 32 YEARS! moved into his parents’ house at 5700 Narcissus Avenue in
Baltimore, a historic home, as it had been previously owned
B ROTH ERSQUA LI TY PES T CO NT ROL B R OT HE R SQ U AL ITY P EST CONTR OL by Rabbi Shimon Schwab and Rebbitzen Schwab, who
moved from Baltimore to Washington Heights when Rabbi
2014 Schwab assumed leadership of the Breuer’s kehila.
B ROT H ER S As a family, we were zocheh to have our grandfather,
Q U A LITY PE ST C ONT ROL Morris, live with us from the time of our grandmother
Miriam’s petira (passing). Having Grandpa Morris in our
B RO T HE RSQ UAL I T Y PEST C O NTRO L home was nothing short of magical, as his joyous spirit per-
meated every aspect of our home, particularly on Shabbos.
Previous Awards For our father, having his father live with us provided him and
2014 – 2007 our mother with endless opportunities to demonstrate the
act of kibud av (respect for one’s father) at the very highest
32 level and to serve as exemplars for us children. Throughout
our childhood, we recall that it was our grandfather who sat
at the head of the table with our father at his side. Totty stood
up for his father every time he entered a room. With the
utmost gracefulness, our father always deferred to his father’s
preferences.
On those mornings when he was scheduled to do carpool,
our father would often daven at home to ensure that he was
punctual to all his pick-ups. Our father did not view this as a
compromise in his adherence to the mitzva of davening with
the tzibur. Rather, he was acting in accordance with his prac-
tice of being medakdek (exacting) in all of his actions and in
accordance with the Torah principle that one cannot dele-
gate the act of chesed to others; especially when those indi-
viduals in need of chesed were his wife and his own children.
We children were thoroughly familiar with our father’s dis-
tinctive rendition of the Shema, as we would hear his recita-
tion reverberating throughout the house on those carpool
mornings when he davened at home privately. When our
father would pick up carpool at the end of the school day, he
would arrive early and would spend the time until dismissal
with a sefer, learning in the car.
R’ Shmuel Dovid’s children were not the only family mem-
bers who benefitted from his exceptional carpooling skills.
Our father would regularly pick up and drop off our Grandpa
from minyanim and from the historic Wednesday night and
motzei Shabbos shiurim with Rav Yaakov Kulefsky, zt”l.
When we were absent from school, our father would go to
our friend’s houses to collect their notes from the lessons we
had missed to ensure that we did not fall behind. After we
had finished copying what we needed, our father would
always take care to return the notebooks to the classmate
that same evening so that they were not inconvenienced by
sharing their materials with us.
At night, our father was impeccable in carrying out his
responsibilities. He never learned outside the house and
would only sit down to begin his own learning after all of the
homework and housework had been completed. We children
considered it perfectly normal to see our father learning for
hours night after night on his own in the house. We never
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CELEBRATING 32 YEARS! moved into his parents’ house at 5700 Narcissus Avenue in
Baltimore, a historic home, as it had been previously owned
B ROTH ERSQUA LI TY PES T CO NT ROL B R OT HE R SQ U AL ITY P EST CONTR OL by Rabbi Shimon Schwab and Rebbitzen Schwab, who
moved from Baltimore to Washington Heights when Rabbi
2014 Schwab assumed leadership of the Breuer’s kehila.
B ROT H ER S As a family, we were zocheh to have our grandfather,
Q U A LITY PE ST C ONT ROL Morris, live with us from the time of our grandmother
Miriam’s petira (passing). Having Grandpa Morris in our
B RO T HE RSQ UAL I T Y PEST C O NTRO L home was nothing short of magical, as his joyous spirit per-
meated every aspect of our home, particularly on Shabbos.
Previous Awards For our father, having his father live with us provided him and
2014 – 2007 our mother with endless opportunities to demonstrate the
act of kibud av (respect for one’s father) at the very highest
32 level and to serve as exemplars for us children. Throughout
our childhood, we recall that it was our grandfather who sat
at the head of the table with our father at his side. Totty stood
up for his father every time he entered a room. With the
utmost gracefulness, our father always deferred to his father’s
preferences.
On those mornings when he was scheduled to do carpool,
our father would often daven at home to ensure that he was
punctual to all his pick-ups. Our father did not view this as a
compromise in his adherence to the mitzva of davening with
the tzibur. Rather, he was acting in accordance with his prac-
tice of being medakdek (exacting) in all of his actions and in
accordance with the Torah principle that one cannot dele-
gate the act of chesed to others; especially when those indi-
viduals in need of chesed were his wife and his own children.
We children were thoroughly familiar with our father’s dis-
tinctive rendition of the Shema, as we would hear his recita-
tion reverberating throughout the house on those carpool
mornings when he davened at home privately. When our
father would pick up carpool at the end of the school day, he
would arrive early and would spend the time until dismissal
with a sefer, learning in the car.
R’ Shmuel Dovid’s children were not the only family mem-
bers who benefitted from his exceptional carpooling skills.
Our father would regularly pick up and drop off our Grandpa
from minyanim and from the historic Wednesday night and
motzei Shabbos shiurim with Rav Yaakov Kulefsky, zt”l.
When we were absent from school, our father would go to
our friend’s houses to collect their notes from the lessons we
had missed to ensure that we did not fall behind. After we
had finished copying what we needed, our father would
always take care to return the notebooks to the classmate
that same evening so that they were not inconvenienced by
sharing their materials with us.
At night, our father was impeccable in carrying out his
responsibilities. He never learned outside the house and
would only sit down to begin his own learning after all of the
homework and housework had been completed. We children
considered it perfectly normal to see our father learning for
hours night after night on his own in the house. We never
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