Mrs. Miriam Slater, a longtime resident of Crown Heights who was involved in Chesed activities in the neighborhood passed away on Monday, Cheshvan 3, 5775.
She was 60 years old and suffered from an illness since only a few weeks ago.
Mrs. Slater was known as a kind woman, who was involved in various Chesed activities and organizations in the community.
“She was a very friendly woman, always had a smile and kind word for others,” a friend told COLlive.
She is survived by her husband Michoel Slater and children Malkie Bialestock – N. Miami, FL; Chaya Brown – Crown Heights; Nossy Slater – Crown Heights; Chaim (Ari) Slater – Postville; Dovi Slater – London, England; Hudi – Crown Heights; Motty – Crown Heights; Estee Menkes – Crown Heights; and Rivki.
The Levaya will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, leaving from Shomrei Hadas in Boro Park at 10:00 am and passing by 770 at 10:45 am.
Shiva will take place at 1639 President Street.
Baruch Dayan Haemes.
thank you for all the wonderful stories about miriam slater. Here is an email for everyone to send their wonderful stories about her. [email protected]
I miss you
THE SHEer number of posts says something about her
It is the quiet ones who are the great ones
Tzadekes
I never met her personally but just from seeing her around town, she inspired me….. Her focus, hard work, sincerity, dedication to family and simcha…. Hashem plucked away someone so special and this really really hurts! Ad mosai???? We need the geulah without delay! A secret admirer
We used to take the same route each morning and i must have met her once or perhaps she was friendly with my mother… but when we would pass by each other she always smiled and greeted me like a close friend (not too common here in NY!) This year we met at my sons playgroup (Morah Riva) She was so warm and friendly toward the parents & children… I was looking forward to getting to know her she seemed so special, caring, loving…this suddenly happened and she’s not here!??!!…its crazy!!! Moshiach Now!!!!
so sorry about what happened!BDE,saw her recently and all of a sudden she is gone! How can something like that happen? Hashem ad mossai when will this golus end?
She was a wonderful lady. I worked for her at one point , she was very honest and menchlich. May she be a gutter better for her family and klal yisroel.
Thinking of you at this difficult time.
Hamokom Ynachem Eschem B’Soich Shaar Aveilei Zion VYerushaliyim.
I’m completely speechless! Don’t know what and how to say! It’s true! It’s so hard to believe that this very special and unique woman, Bracha Miriam is actually gone! I dropped off my son at Morah Riva’s playgroup at the end of this past yr. I did NOT know Miriam on a personal level at all Yet everytime i came by to drop off my son, Bracha Miriam was greeting my son and i with the most beautiful and warm smile. From the 1st time i met her, i was able to tell pretty much what kind of person she… Read more »
Ouch! That hurts! So much pain these days AD MOSAI?? Please Hashem Enough! The goal is Dira Batachtonim not Baelyonim! Hashem please send us Moshiach Now! Our Now!
I was privileged to know Miriam, although I have since moved on Shlichus. As tears stream down reading all the posts, it is heartwarming to read about all the kindness and middos that she exemplified and will surely make a tumel in Shamayim and demanding Moshiach Now. My warmest Nichumim to Michoel and all the entire family.
Michoel! So sorry to hear of the petirah of your dear wife O”H.
Our condolences to you and all your children and ainiklech.
Words fail us at this time.
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem BSoch Sh’or aveilei Tzion virusholoyim..
Eli
Such a special person! Although she was close to our family. I got to know her from the two times she touched my life in a personal way. During my Sheva Brachos she came over to me with a box of pictures and a cd copy that she had taken of us during the wedding , she had captured beautiful moments that the photographers did not and could not. You can see it was a tremendous undertaking but she made it seem simple. Later when unfortunately a family member passed away she immediately brought us a beautiful framed picture of… Read more »
Everything everyone says here is so true and just the tip of the iceberg. She was my close friend for 38 years. She was one of the strongest quiet people I have evver met. She over came problems w/o complaining or obsessing. She just did what needed to be done. She took a bus to my wedding in Miami in 1977. I thought how could she d that.. she just did and danced at my wedding. She had allergy problems…she just laughed them off and did what she could do. She’d giggle smile that anyone called her stylish and yet… Read more »
Hamakom yinachem eschem bsoch shaar aveilei tzion v’yerushalayim! So sorry to hear. Your mother took photos of my family at a chaasuna and then printed them for us.
She always had a kind word for my Perel, special daughter. Her neshama shuld have the highest aliya- a real tzadekes!
Did Mrs. Slater start out working at apple drugs?
I remember her kind and genuin smile.
Nossy, we all feel your pain and loss and wish you only simchos .
We had the same experience of her taking pictures at a family wedding and then bringing over beautiful, thought out pictures the next morning!
She will be so missed even by those is of us who only saw her from time to time and got a friendly, warm, genuine and humble hello.
Slaters we share in your unbelieable pain…
We need Moshiach to bring your mother again. Nothing replaces a mother, but I’m sure she will be taking care of you from her place…
Hashem should comfort you
The amount of people that came to her levaya is a testament to how beloved she was. A kinder sweeter person you could not find.
I remember Miriam from when I was a young girl visiting my grandparents. She was SO sweet. Then almost 35 yrs later
She showed up at my daughter’s simcha, I never thought of inviting her, but she felt close, she took pictures and even sent me the disc. Today, so many simchas kah, we sometimes
“Complain” about going out again. Miriam you have taught me friendship, kindness and how to go for simchas!
Ad Misai, PLEASE with your gentle beautiful smile,
Ask for Moshiach!!!!
May the family be comforted for the loss of a beautiful member if our community who cared so much and worked so hard and was so sincere in everything…Moshiach now
To the entire Slater family, we wish nechoma on the loss of this unique woman. I had the zchus to meet up with her after many, many years are saw and experienced her warmth, intelligence, love and respect for her family. My heart goes out to each of you, including the Crown Heights community who benefited from her chesed. Boruch dayan haemes.
The community and the world will never be the same without Bracha Miriam. But we can all be sure that she is doing her utmost to bring the geula in her kind and gentle way. May her family be comforted and proud that they had the z’chus to have her for the short time that they did.
We just lost a gem. I can’t believe this is real. She was so healthy and strong physically and emotionally. She was one of those people you don’t imagine could even die.
to Michoel, all the children and Adam שיחי,
My heart goes out for all of you, I have known Miriam since the beginning of your family life, and all I can say It was an honor to have her as a friend of the Family. I am sure that she will get together with all her friends up there and will fight to bring Moshiach NOW!!!!!!!
Like mother like son – always greeting [customers] with a smile and kind word, offering help and advice.
May you and your family find comfort despite your great loss.
Hamakom yinachem etchem b’toch shaar aveilei zion v’yerushalaim.
Yehudis Leiter
It is so painful to read all these tributes to such a wonderful lady! In the’old days’ we used to ‘help out’ and not necessarily for money, I was helping with a mailing in Rabbi Hecht’s office (nearly 40 years ago) when Miriam came in to help. That was when she first arrived in Crown Heights, we have been friends ever since. She was a truly wonderful lady, always with a smile and a kind encouraging word!
May her family never know of any more pain!
Only simchas!
Miriam, Oh, Miriam Why did you go so soon? Walking on the Avenue, I’m walking in a swoon. I grab my phone to call you as I often do when things get rough, and I need to talk to you. I type your name, I see your face, my limbs turn into goo… Miriam, my Miriam how could this all be true? You’ve answer that last call, the one Hashem called out to you to go back home to the World that’s always true. From up above you look below at Michoel and all your crew. All your children love… Read more »
I am scrolling down, tears are rollong uncontrolably down my face.
I, bH has the zechus to meet Mrs Slater.
She has a heart of gold.
Moshiach now!!!!
Miriam was the epitome of a Baalos middos. Always with a smile and a genuine word! She will be missed. May her husband and children be comforted and know of no more sorrow. Only Simchas!!
I am so saddened to hear about the loss of this wonderful woman. May Hashem give the strength to the family to continue on. We truly need Moshiach. Ad mosai!!!
I had the zchus to see her children in action at the hospital within her last week or so, in this world… Their seamless love, respect and sensitivity for each other , as well as for strangers around them spoke volumes and was a true testimony to what kind of mother she was to her children and their generations to come
A real tzadakis!! Hashem Yishmor!
Miriam was such a warm, sweet, dignified and eidel woman. Always active in some good cause but in a quiet and modest way.
She will be deeply missed.
When there was a job to be done Miriam rolled up her sleeves and pitched in. When there was a cause to be championed, Miriam was at the forefront. Such a significant loss for our community. Imagine what our community would be like if more of us (myself included) were like her…. What a great role model! …So deeply saddened…Boruch Dayan Haemes.
Our school came in to Crown Heights and she hosted a farbrengen in her house for us on multiple occasions. I remember the farbrengens to this day. Offering my condolances to Rivki and the whole Slater family, may we be reunited with your mother very soon with the coming of Moshiach. Hamokem yenachem aleichem
We will miss this wonderful woman who departed way too early.
BDE. hamokom…
such a good and sweet kind lady
always gave everyone a good feeling after speaking to her
may the family be comforted and never know sorrow again
moshiach now
i can’t believe it. oy Michoel we are so very saddened. Hashem should give you and your family koach
I knew Mrs slater for 16 years, she was a truly tzedakes! In all her midos she shined.she is truly a devoted mother and grandmother to her children. Never talking lashon hara, and always having a smile on her face. She will definitely be missed! Baruch day an emes! Ad mosay? Moshiach now!
OYYYY!! I met Mrs Slater only ONE time and I can tell you that she was a tzadeikes!!! SO kind and only willing to help and do the best for another!! Hashem should bless her children with only revealed goodness in abundance and they shall hear of sadness no more!!! Moshiach Now!! Hashem your children are crying down here! Please! Enough is enough!!
I knew her daughters and she always told me hi so joyfully as if she knew me well. Really a woman who optimized simcha and made everyone around her feel warm, calm and comfortable. BDE
enough is enough ad massi!!!
She would not do or say a mean thing to anyone…looking for the Emes and always looking for it deeper and deeper…What a loss of a good soul! I was not close to her (out of towner) but just to know that she is not around in this world leaves me bereaved…
thank you for instilling a chassidishe chinuch in my son!
we can never repay you for what you gave him
Miriam always had a smile and a kind word for everyone she saw. She will be missed, may she be a gute better for us all down here and pull the strings to bring moschiach now!
May we be unites with her again with Moschiach!
Miriam was a wonderful teacher and inspiration for our children. She would always stop us for a moment to exchange a good word. May God comfort the Slater family alongside the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem!
where ever she went it was very recognizable taht here walks a chasidisher lady. Mekabeles es kol haodom besever panim yafos. and was very modest in a fashionable way! May her memory be a blessing!
What a shock.
What a sweet and special woman. Always with a smile on her face. Always working so hard and caring about others. Totally devoted to her family. So attentive. So genuine and sincere.
What a loss.
This is not fair.
She was so positive, energetic, strong, and smiling. Hard to imagine she is no longer with us. Much comfort to her family.
But to see her smiling face in the picture makes it hurt even more.
I was thrilled that she moved on to our block (Pres.St. ) last year. Funnily enough I told her recently how I admired her and looked up to her because she was always b’simcha. No one ever saw her without her lovely smile…A devoted wife, mother and Bubby and cherished member of our community. What a loss not only to her beloved family, but to all of us.
Miriam was also a beloved teacher alongside our dear Morah Riva Kaplinsky. She treated and loved our son as if he were hers. Miriam was also a beloved parent in our Bais Chaya Mushka family. She was a loved and respected person