By COLlive reporter
Kindness in the time of darkness.
A long-time gentile resident of Crown Heights recently lost her husband at the age of 80 and her Jewish neighbors took notice.
“We would see him daily. It was a shock for us all,” Sheva Tauby, a neighbor, told COLlive.com.
Wanting to express their condolences in the age of social distancing, her two sons Yossi and Menachem Tauby went outdoors.
Together, they planted a flower garden on the sidewalk in front of their homes on Park Place and Albany Avenue in his memory.
“She was quite touched,” Mrs. Tauby said about the widow, adding that it was a beautiful display of caring during the pandemic.
So proud of our wonderful grandsons, Yossi and Menachem Tauby for doing such a kind gesture in memory of their neighbour who passed away recently. Love, Zaidy and Bubby
So lovely!
Kol hakavod to these special boys for their kind act. They are an inspiration to us all.
And this is a hugeness kiddish HaShem
So beautiful and so thoughtful
Thank you, Yossi and Menachem for being an example for us all. We need more of this!!
We need more of this in this crazy time in the world
For the world to do acts of kindness instead of the madness that’s going on.
What beautiful children!!
Yossi and Menachem are truly boys of Chesed- bli ayin hara!
With pride –
the other Bubby and Zaydie
(from Flatbush 😀)
Compare this white-to-black kindness and sensitivity by two young Jewish kids, to the reckless running amok of black kids destroying, stealing, looting, arsoning other people’s property.
Anyone plant flowers by the parents of the unfortunate man who lost his life in Minnesota?
This is so nice
Along with the stories about the prevalence of plasma donations (to cure Covid-19 patients) being from frum Yidden, this story about the two Jewish brothers’ project to honor their Gentile neighbor should be right up there in the newspapers!
Beautiful!! What a kiddush Hashem! Thanks for sharing
This story is so wonderful!! kol hakavod the these beautiful yiddishe kinder and the parents who raised them to respond with such chesed!!! thank you for sharing this 🙂
This is so beautiful! Such wonderful children, KAH!
That people are individuals. We need less talk about groups, because no community, race, or religion deserves blanket censure. Recognition of this nice neighbor is teaching Yiddishe kinderlach that there are lovely people that may be different from us. That being good neighbors can transcend differences. Good message for our children; please make sure that the talk in your home reflects that!
amazing and so inspiring!!
Two caring considerate boys! They must have formed a warm and friendly relationship with their neighbor for his death to have affected them enough to create something so beautiful to remember him by. We should all have, and teach our children to have respect and warmth toward all of our neighbors. Beautiful!