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Chaya M. Kaushansky, 14, OBM

Chaya Mushka Kaushansky, a grade 9 Chabad student in Toronto, passed away on Shabbos. Her funeral will be Sunday. Full Story

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We Miss You
November 29, 2014 9:34 pm

Everyone, please take on another mitzvah leilu nishmas. #doitforchaya

Missed
November 14, 2014 4:04 pm

Chaya was and is my very good friend I think of her all day. Chana is my classmate, and she is the strongest person i know. May her and her brothers be blessed with long life. Rafi was a big enough tragedy. May her family and the rest of the Lubavitcher toronto community never have to deal wth this grief.

pride of jrcc
November 13, 2014 4:49 pm

chayas family is the leading family of the JRCC.
this is a loss to us, as a family.
chaya please come back

oh no!!!!!!!!
November 12, 2014 6:39 pm

BDE! She was such a wonderful, beautiful lady! we will miss her terribly.
MOSHIACH NOWWWWWWWWW

specal soul
November 12, 2014 9:51 am

i remember her in shul on rosh hashono and yom kippor,
she seemed very friendly and modest.
like a step up in maturity from the rest of her friends, while playing and interacting on the same level and respect.
rafi and chaya you both thought and continue to teach me that IF HASHEM GIVES YOU ANOTHER MOMENT USE IT, YOUR TIRED, DON’T FEEL UP TO IT, DO IT ANYWAYS – AND WITH A SMILE. – BECAUSE MOSHIACH IS ON THE WAY.

BDE
November 11, 2014 8:56 pm

school is not the same without you chaya!
We miss you so much!!
Moshiach now

Thank you 60
November 11, 2014 8:07 pm

They’re the Rebbe’s words for such a situation R”L, and all of our feelings and heartfelt wishes. May Hashem protect the family.

unbelievable tragedy!!!
November 11, 2014 7:34 pm

We are shocked to heart, hamakim yenachem eschem besoch share avlei tzion veyerushalayim

BDE
November 10, 2014 10:44 pm

May Chaya help bring moshiach NOW!!!!

Sara
November 10, 2014 7:43 pm

BDE
what shocking and heartbreaking news.
I was privlaged to have Chaya as my camper two years ago. she is truly a special girl.
My co and I are working on organizing a Mitzvah/learning in honor of Chaya together with our bunk
may we only hear good news!!!
Moshiach now!!!!!!

bde
November 10, 2014 7:43 pm

i am missing chaya already, you always made me happy and we had great times together

So, so sorry to hear this heartbreaking news ;(
November 10, 2014 6:56 pm

Baruch Dayan Haemes. Moshiach Now.

comforted
November 10, 2014 2:08 pm

i would like to thank the writer of comment 53 ` i haverecently suffered a heartbreaking loss ` i am so sick of hearing everyone shouting at Hashem or kvetching about Moshiach `Hashem runs this would with purpose and intention ` How refreshing to hear someone clear thinking with concrete thoughts and a strengthening encouraging message ` If we would live with thought and intelligence , Moshiach would surely come `

BD'E
November 10, 2014 1:18 pm

Hamakom Yenachem Eschem… there are no words, so painful

Bde
November 10, 2014 10:07 am

Chaya, we miss you. You were such a sweet, happy girl who shined from the inside.
Moshiach now!

Whyyyyyyy?!!!!!
November 10, 2014 8:49 am

Although I didn’t know chaya personally, she was a friend of my friends and I had heard such nice things about her. Scary to think of how young she was, the same age as me.
To the family; I offer my greatest condolences.

Missing you
November 10, 2014 6:51 am

Missing you. Missing your passion for transforming everything you heard and saw into action. Missing your sincerity, kindness and ‘chassidishe bren’. Missing the way you stood up for what’s right and how you showed us by example how to DO what’s right. I don’t want you in the past, but in the present. V’hachai yiten el libo- and so I will try to take at least some of what I learned from you to live with. To the Kaushansky family sheyichyu המקום ינחם אתכם- May Hashem give you the strength to get through each day. There is no doubt that… Read more »

her counselor
November 10, 2014 1:32 am

This takes me by complete and utter shock… bdE. We can only say that Moshiach has to come NOW!!!!
Enough is enough.

moshiach now!!!
November 10, 2014 12:07 am

chaya mushka will daven for moshiach now that she is so close to Hashem
bde

nichum aveilim and heartfelt wishes
November 10, 2014 12:04 am

There are truly, truly no words. Tzaras Rabim Chatzi Nechomo. Please know that all of us, Jews throughout the world, mourn with you. The commentator that said that this is a knife through our hearts speaks for all of us. I hope that these true words of the Rebbe can serve as a comfort and guidance to you: Rabbi Nachum Rabinovitz, an elder chassid who lives in Jerusalem, was once waiting for yechidut (a private audience with the Rebbe). Among those waiting was a young man, obviously wealthy, but wearing a morose and despondent expression. A short while later, the… Read more »

bde
November 9, 2014 10:43 pm

May there only be joy in koshanskys family

BDH
November 9, 2014 9:33 pm

Very tragical news ….may her good deeds comfort her family and friends

Bde
November 9, 2014 9:30 pm

Such terrible news. May Hashem give the family the Koach they will need to get through this trying time. Alibishter have rachmonos on your children bring us moshiach!!

BDE
November 9, 2014 9:11 pm

I don’t know what to say… She was always so kind, and such an inspirational person. Even then i would look at her for strength. U will be missed! I just pray hashem gives the family extra strength to get through this especially challenging time.
– a friend

Bias Chomesh student
November 9, 2014 8:03 pm

Chaya is the most optimistic kindest person in the world. Even though she was so sick she always made everyone else feel as though she was helping them and loved them just for being people. She was a truly exceptional person!

Prayers to the family
November 9, 2014 7:27 pm

BDE. Tragic and painful for the family and the whole kehilla. How to help or comfort a family suffering such a grievous loss?

grieving
November 9, 2014 7:23 pm

Rafi and Chaya Mushka, two beautiful neshamos. We will never forget you.No words.

bde
November 9, 2014 7:00 pm

Bde:i cant stop crying, such an innocent child , why?!?may her family be comforted andm ay we be united with moshiach tzidkainu!!

boruch dayan emes
November 9, 2014 6:41 pm

chaya mushkas nishama should have an aliya
Moshiach should come now!!!!

bde
November 9, 2014 6:33 pm

I’m taking on a hachlata leilui nishmas chaya mushka bas arye leib. May her neshama have an aliya. Ad mosai

BDE
November 9, 2014 6:01 pm

May Hashem comfort you! No words… :(((

bde!!
November 9, 2014 5:57 pm

oyy
chaya was in the same school as me!
she was the nicest girl!!
she will be missed!!
may her neshama have an aliah!
baruch dayan haemes!!!
moshiach now!!!!!

bde
November 9, 2014 5:35 pm

may you be comforted with moshiach now

baruch dayan haemes
November 9, 2014 5:05 pm

just…terrible. no words

BD"E
November 9, 2014 4:51 pm

poor poor family, friends, and everybody. We lost a gem, and heaven gained an angel.
She will be missed by all.
Chaya was a girl who could never be angry at anybody, always smiling and optimistic.

#3 Baruch Dayan Emes (Blessed is the true judgement.
November 9, 2014 4:30 pm

Even though we can’t see and don’t understand Hashem’s plan because we’re in Golus and it is very dark, we still have to believe that this is the truth. For us physical beings it seems very heartbreaking and tragic, but Hashem knows that this soul has finished their tachlis (purpose) on this earth and it was time for them to return to shamayim. When Moshiach comes we will see the truth and understand Hashem’s plan………..may it be soon!!

bde!!!!
November 9, 2014 4:28 pm

I dont even know were to start!
Chaya was the most sweetest girl ever!
She always went out of her way to say hi to some one
She was always kind and giving and anything a friend could
Have asked for!!!!! Im sure missing her alot!!!!!
Bde! Moshiach now!!!

bais chomesh student
November 9, 2014 4:19 pm

The school will never be the same again without her. May her neshama have an aliya.
Moshiach now!

Bde
November 9, 2014 4:07 pm

So sad

Boruch Dayan Ha'emes
November 9, 2014 4:01 pm

May the family only have simchas from now on! Umocha hashem dim’ah me’alkol ponim!

REBBES LAST WORDS WERE AFTER THE SHAVUAA LAST SICHA
November 9, 2014 3:54 pm

BSD BARUCH DAYAN HA EMES ; MESSAGE FROM REBBE HEREIN / FOR ALL THE REBBES MEDICAL REPORTS WERE GIVEN BY RAV LABEL GRONER .IN 770 . WHILE IN THE BEIS RAFUA IN MANHATTAN NEW YORK / RAV GRONER ASKS ;REBBE ”;IS IT NOT TRUE THAT ALMOST ALL THE ANSWERS YOU GAVE , REBBE , WERE ABOUT IMPROVEMENT IN MEZUZOS AND TEFILLIN ; FOR LIKE THE LAST 42 YEARS. REBBES ANSWER ;[[[[[[[[[[[ IN SPEECH]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]; / WAS ; ABSOLUTELY 101 PERCENT. = MAYA VEH ACHAD ACHUZ ————— THIS IS ON VIDEO FOR A PERFECT CLEAR PROOF OF THE EXACT TRUE ANTFER /… Read more »

Heartbreaking
November 9, 2014 3:32 pm

I don’t know them but I’m in tears. Hashem!!!!

Bde!!
November 9, 2014 3:30 pm

I dont know the girl… But shes my age and its crazy and horrible to see 14 next to those words

AD MOSAI?!
November 9, 2014 3:25 pm

ENOUGH OF THIS GOLUS! MOSHIACH MUST COME ALREADY, WE HAVE ALREADY WAITED WAY TOO LONG!!!

Shocked and deeply saddened
November 9, 2014 3:22 pm

Bais Chomesh high school is bringing in professionals to help staff and students and especially close friends cope with this grief. But how can we help the family! This is pain beyond the human threshold. Chaya was the kindest girl!!

We miss you
November 9, 2014 2:58 pm

Love bunk ח

bde
November 9, 2014 2:54 pm

bde

עמכם אנו בצרה
November 9, 2014 2:49 pm
Wawoo. Shocking
November 9, 2014 2:40 pm

Baruch Dayan Emet

BDE
November 9, 2014 2:22 pm

This Is Insane! Its Enough Already…We Need Moshiach!

1430
November 9, 2014 2:20 pm

bd”e

boruch dayan haemes!!
November 9, 2014 2:10 pm

I happen to know chaya very well and the one thing I will always remember her by was her true kindness to everyone. she was a very sweet person to be around. Boruch dayan haemes

BDE
November 9, 2014 1:55 pm

May Hashem give you the energy to cope with the tragedy!

oish!!
November 9, 2014 1:50 pm

This Galus is getting too dark, it better mean that Moshiach is around the corner!

bde !
November 9, 2014 1:50 pm

so sad, Hashem should give the parents and siblings lots of koiches.

Vey Vey
November 9, 2014 1:44 pm

Ths is too too much, oy What do we do????

awful
November 9, 2014 1:43 pm

No words period

Omg
November 9, 2014 1:41 pm

I don’t know these people, but seeing this, is like a knife right through my heart.
There are no clever words to say. I’m so so sorry.
Chana simcha

Terrible news, BDE
November 9, 2014 1:28 pm
Oh my Gosh
November 9, 2014 1:26 pm

My heart is breaking for the faimily. I cannot even fathom how they have now lost TWO children at the teenage age. Oy Hashem. May her Neshama have an Aliya. She and her brother must have been very holy to have passed away at such a young age. ZT”L. And how did she die? This is so sad, oy. 🙁

Shreklich!!!!
November 9, 2014 1:23 pm
BDE
November 9, 2014 1:10 pm

May the family never know of any more sadness!!!

BDE
November 9, 2014 1:03 pm

Chaya, you will be missed by many.

Ad mosai?!!??
November 9, 2014 12:55 pm

BDE!!!!!!!!

so sad
November 9, 2014 12:53 pm

how?

moshiach now!!!!
November 9, 2014 12:50 pm

Such a nice family!! Why would hashem do this??!!

Enough!!
November 9, 2014 12:36 pm

Parents should not lose two teenagers in one year! May Hashem give them super human strength to cope.

Boruch Dayan Haemes.
November 9, 2014 12:36 pm

I hope this is the last time we have to make this brocha. Moshiach should come immediately today and wipe away our tears. May Hashem comfort you among the mourners of Zion and Yirushalaim.
Dovid Chaim.

bde
November 9, 2014 12:34 pm

Chaya was always happy even through the hardest times. Everything she learnt she wanted to internalize and unserstand. She is an inspiration to all. Her family and friends should be comforted.

This is not normal!
November 9, 2014 12:34 pm

Why does it say BDE next to a 14 year old child???

No words!
November 9, 2014 12:33 pm

The whole Bais Chomesh High School is going crazy! She was in school on Friday!!!!!

Bdh
November 9, 2014 12:27 pm
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