By COLlive reporter
A Yeshiva student and his grandmother represent the joy of Chanukah in an ad for one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies.
21-year-old Mendy Myhill from Montreal is featured in a newly released commercial for Tylenol products, which shows the holiday celebrations of many faiths.
Myhill is seen lighting the Menorah beside his great-grandmother, Gerda Friedman, who was 100 years old at the time the video was taken, he told COLlive.
Myhill is very proud of his great-grandmother, a Holocaust survivor who escaped Germany by bicycle to Holland, and survived to raise a family of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of proud Jews.
“I was visiting my grandmother in Ft. Myers, Florida, last Chanukah, and her caretaker took a video of me lighting the Menorah and put it on Youtube,” Myhill said.
A few months ago Myhill was contacted by an advertising agency, saying they might want to use the clip in an upcoming advertisement, he said.
“They said they weren’t sure if they would be using it, since they had many they would be choosing from,” he said.
“It was very emotional for me to see the clip with my grandmother in it, since this was her last Chanukah, she passed away a short while later,” Myhill told COLlive. “I’m happy that it will be uplifting and inspiring so many thousands around the world,” he said.
Video: Mendy Myhill lights the Menorah with his grandmother
I loved it when he said “happy?” And she said “channuka!” And he was like ” you got it” 🙂
So nice and inspiring to see… Keep it up!
This is a very special moment. Love the un-tucked shirt!!
no words are needed any one who has parents grand parents and/or great grandparents go see them when ever possible come chanuka sit with them spend time hear there stories its worth it
What a mentsch, deserves a real aishes chayil!
The biggest nachas is that Mendy is a Shomer Torah young man and in Shomayim his Bubbe is reaping the benefits
keep giving your family nachas, mendy! so beautiful to see this video! made us smile.. Happy chanukah! Sebags from NY
menfy Great to see you representing our faith.
so sweet!
Shaloh House Boston loves you!!
Happy Chanukah!
…a fellow bochur from Y.G., 5745 ish
mendy i was moved to tears how happy your great grand mother looked
wow such nachas
coral springs shluchim are so lucky to have you!!1
Mendy from cincinnati!
I’m shepping such nachas. Bubby must have been a special yidenne to merit such a sweet chassidishe grandson.
ma zaro bechaim af hu bechaim…. am yisroel chai
i hope you also made good money on it…beautiful…
Beautiful. No more words necessary
Mendy is a great shliach all the bochrim here love him
Amazing to see a 100 yr old woman, moving around like that and singing the songs. Wow.
Her neshoma should have an aliya and she should have much naches up on high from her descendants.
Everyone, go spend quality w time with your bubby and zeidy. Look how happy she was. How happy he was.
Don’t you want to be happy too.