tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post7008439030034009901..comments2023-10-29T11:50:25.742+02:00Comments on My Obiter Dicta: In Loving Memory, Betty Birnbaum Woolf זכרונה לברכהJeffrey R. Woolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11315625918870195028noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-43815687111041837762012-01-05T16:52:01.119+02:002012-01-05T16:52:01.119+02:00We weren't strictly Shomer Shabbat in the area...We weren't strictly Shomer Shabbat in the area of Melakhot etc. The house was strictly kosher (obviously Pesach was a strict production). I"d say we we were very heavy on the מצוות עשה and less so on the לאוין.Jeffrey R. Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315625918870195028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-41213311571651600382012-01-05T12:00:02.048+02:002012-01-05T12:00:02.048+02:00I don't know you or your mom, but nikarim divr...I don't know you or your mom, but nikarim divrei emes, tehi nishmasah tzerurah bitzror hachayim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-37827511732899022392012-01-05T03:26:13.649+02:002012-01-05T03:26:13.649+02:00a beautiful commemoration. [you know, you look a ...a beautiful commemoration. [you know, you look a little like her.] <br /><br />but tell me, if you kept shabbos, kashrus, etc., how were you not orthodox? perhaps you were pre-modern, mimetic, traditional...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-56492118568767197802012-01-04T16:43:21.884+02:002012-01-04T16:43:21.884+02:00She was like my mom and I miss her still. She was...She was like my mom and I miss her still. She was a true lady, always thought the best of people and never complained even though she had a hard life. She was my role model. I can't believe she's been out of our lives for so long, but her influence and goodness live on.<br />PauletteUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10468966500688402881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-87625543350848943122012-01-04T02:06:15.216+02:002012-01-04T02:06:15.216+02:00What a wonderful woman your mother, my mother'...What a wonderful woman your mother, my mother's best friend, my Aunt Betty was. <br />She did have many obstacles in her life to overcome, but she did so without complaint and with a dignity and a grace about her.<br />I always remember the fun we had together, sitting around the breakfast nook with my mother, and with Aunt Betty, just laughing and having a good time.<br /><br />My mother Lillian and your mother Betty were kindred spirits. Neither one of them was allowed to go to college by their parents, and had to go to work at 16, to help support their families. They met at work, Red Distributing, and really bonded.<br /><br />Both of them were good Jewish girls who kept Kosher and ended up raising their families in good Yiddishe heims.<br /><br />Your mother had the added burden of losing her soul mate, your father Irving, so suddenly and at such a young age. I still remember how terrible we all felt and going over to your house to sit Shiva. It was a sad time.<br /><br />In the months before my mother Lillian passed away, we often spoke of your mother Betty. My mother would always remember her best friend Betty. Even with her mind so compromised by Alzheimer's. she was still able to remember Betty and would have a story to relate about her. Luckily the old memories stay intact in a person severely affected by Alzheimer's. It's the ability to remember what is going on currently, or 5 minutes ago, or 5 years ago, that becomes damaged by Alzheimer's.<br /><br />In the end my mother also called for her mother & father before she died, as well as for my father Irving. The last month my mother kept seeing them and calling to them. She insisted that the caregiver's feed my father,as well as feed her, since she was convinced that he was present in the room with her. I think he probably was.<br /><br />Both your lovely mother Betty, and my mother Lillian, were Eshet Chaile's. I will always remember them together with warm feelings and so much love.<br /><br />May God Bless their souls.<br /><br />Meredith MillerMerry Millernoreply@blogger.com