By COLlive reporter
What a beautiful tribute!
Students of Beis Chaya Mushka Junior High in Los Angeles went up to the roof of their school building on Pico Boulevard on Wednesday with a moving intention in mind.
It has been a while since their classmate, 11-year-old Chaya Spalter, has been regularly missing her classes, as she is bravely battling a type of pediatric cancer and going through chemotherapy.
To lift her spirits, Shmueli Newman, a chaplain at the Los Angeles Police Department, arranged for Spalter to be taken on a helicopter ride-along around the city.
“She wanted to fly over her school that she hasn’t been able to attend consistently because of her medical condition,” Newman wrote on Facebook. “I informed the school that we would be flying over them in 15 minutes.”
Newman says that, “We never anticipated what happened once we got there.”
The trip began at the LAPD Hooper Heliport, northeast of the central business district of Los Angeles, and their first sighting was the Dodger Stadium.
“Chaya didn’t feel great while she was waiting,” her mother, Hadassah Spalter told COLlive.com. “But once she was up in the air, she loved it. He made her forget about what she’s going through.”
The LAPD helicopter then continued to her school, where a special and moving sight met their eyes: all the students stood on the roof in the shape of a heart. “I will never forget the smile on Chaya’s face or the tears in the eyes of the pilot and the Tactical Flight Officer,” Newman said.
The trip continued to Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad in Central Los Angeles which is headed by her grandfather, Rabbi Ezra Schochet. Her father, Rabbi Mendy Spalter, is its director. They both went outside to wave to her, as well.
“This was so moving for her,” adds her mother. “People are davening and doing Mitzvos in her merit here and around the world. The power is tremendous and is doing something for her. Please continue to daven for Chaya Mushka bas Haddassa Sheina.”
refua shlama moshiach now
feel better Chaya!
chaya i daven for u every day here in china
we miss u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hope 2 C U soon!
love,ur classmate!
kinus 75
what ahavas yisroel! this is beautiful.
Refuah shilma now
this is beautiful!!!!! this is just a small taste of the things that will stop everyone’s pain and suffering!!!! refuah shilema chaya!!!!!!
Refuah Shilaima
kinus 5775 friend 🙂
in lakewood, refuah shleimah! speedily!
Chaya, you are sooo lucky to have such wonderful friends! may you have a speedy refuah sheleima! davening for you!
go bunk 34 kinus 5775. i miss u
May Hashem grant Chaya a full and speedy recovery. I can’t stop crying with the show of love from her community.
Wow beautiful! May she have a complete refuah shleimo!
Ur such an amazing girl!!!
I know u from THWCWC!!
Keep on doing what your doing and mishloach should come right now!!
am yisrael chai
only thru ahavas yisroel
WE are davening and doing mitzvos for you and waiting for lots of good news!!!
Refuah shalayma b’karov to Chaya Mushka bas Haddassa Sheina, and tons of brachos to everyone involved in this beautiful gesture. So glad the girls are being taught that there is actually something more important that just learning. The ikar is action, and these students and teachers knew exactly what to do. G-d bless all of you!
Chaya We Can’t Wait To Have You Back In School!!!
remember me chaya rosenfeld from the kinus?!?
Thinking about you and davening for you
Keep up the amazing spirit. So happy they teacher of BCM took the kids out of the classroom and taught them an amazing life lesson.
So beautiful
Hey chaya Mushka I was in the Kinus with you and you have the greatest spirits! Keep it up😃
Refuah Shleima,
I love you!
Wow amazing go BCM!!!!!!!! so happy for you chaya hope you had an amazing time we love you 🙂
CHAYA! This is so cute!! I am so happy you got to experience such an amazing thing! Never forget how loved you are and how amazing you are! Love you!!! May you have a complete Refuah Shelema!!! xxxo
Amen Ve Amen
kinus 5775 🙂
Wow this just made my day!
Rooting for you in LA
Hugs and kisses
We love you Chaya!! We are all davening for you!! Hashem answer our tefillos already!!!
Whenever I see ur beautiful face it gives me such strength to see what an amazing strong girl u are!! You will have a complete refuah shleima!!!
B’Zchus Reb Meir Baal Haness – Refuah Shleimah to
Chaya Mushka bas Hadasah Sheina
Teikef Umiyad Mamosh!!!
Omen!!!
May she have a complete refuah sheleima right away!!!
so nice go chaya.
We daven for you every day here in Miami. We’ve heard what a courageous girl you are, with a great attitude and we hope to hear besuros tovos very soon. What a beautiful gesture from your friends and teachers.
We are all davening for you Chaya! We can’t wait to see you back in school! Big Refuah Sheleimah! And soon we will all be flying together to Eretz Yisroel with Moshiach!
looks AMAZING! luv you and davening for you!
love ur cuzin
Heartwarming.
BS”D Hashem please make her GAZUNT FULLY, this world needs her
We love you and are davening for you!!!
Refuah shleima lemata mesara tfochim teikef umiad mamash!!!
Thank you so much to Shmuly Newman my cousin who’s the chaplain in LAPD for making the helicopter ride happen it was the funnest, coolest ride ever. And to LAPD and the captain who’s in charge for letting me have this moment. A huge THANK YOU to all my friends for such a nice loving gesture, it was so special and cute, as soon as I saw it I made the biggest smile and laugh ever.I love you guys :). Thank you also to everyone out there who’s davening and saying tehillim for me!!
more suffering?? didn’t we prove to Hashem that we all are bachdus when someone is in pain- why is He testing us again and again – I cannot bear this.
Refua Shleima very quick- the ahavas yisroel shown here should accomplish this immediately
Chaya we daven for you everyday that hashem should grand you a complet Refuah shleima!
Refuah Shleima Techef Umiad Mamosh.
Enough is Enough. Where is Moshiach?
We all love you
what a amazing people there are in this world
big thanks to the lapd
May she have a complete and speedy Refuah Shlaima Kroivah Now!!!
Go Chaya!
To the parents, it just a nisoyon, you will walk her down to the chuah gezunterharit. Moshiach NOW
The heart of a saint
Beautifully touching! May she have a complete refuah. Moshiach now!