Shalom Dovber Gerber, the youngest of 9 children of Chabad Shluchim family in Greater Philadelphia, has passed away Tuesday, Tevet 14 5771.
The 2 year-old was said to have light ferver last night before his went to sleep and took a pill for pain reduction. He was found this morning by his parents Rabbi Zalman and Miriam Gerber without a sign of life.
The sudden tragedy was shock to the family and also to the fellow Shluchim in the area who are close with family, their children learning in the same Cheder (run by Mrs. Gerber).
The Gerbers head Chabad of Penn Wynne in Wynnewood, PA.
The funeral will be held Wednesday, 12/22, in Crown Heights, NY in front of 770 at 10:45AM.
HELP: To assiste the family in their time of need, donate to the TheShluchimFund.com (specify Gerber family)
Shiva Information
The Gerber Family will be sitting shiva until Tuesday morning at
1360 W. Indian Creek Dr.
Wynnewood, PA 19096
610-896-1686
email: [email protected]
boruch dayan emes.
i dont even know the family and yet when i read this, i burst out crying.
the gerber family should be blessed with brochos upon brochos and the strength to pull through this.
so sad moshiach now pleez ryt now the family is so special
moshiach where are you already !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bde!
I’m still in shock.
my kids spent the summer with sholom ber. and they r so young even if I told them what happened to their little friend, they wouldn’t understand…
Hashem should comfort the Gerbers and bring moshiach now!
Our heartfelt condolences, the Tamir family.
I can’t stop crying and I don’t know him. The mourners should be comforted and his pure neshama should have an aaliyah!!!
Please G-d, we can’t take this golus!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE
oh my. baruch dayan haemes. that is terrible. only good things should come and may sholom dov ber’s neshama only get higher and greater. ad masay?! all the blessings to sholom dov ber’s family and everyone
Its says that when a soul is about to came to the world and the person will die very young Hashem ask them before, because they know, they will make there family so sad, but they have a very important mission in there short and naive life, this babys has the most powerfuls neshamos (so the families) and came to the wo
rld to just reveled good and to bring Moshiach NOW!
You need just revealed good may Hashem gives you peace, knowing the great schus you merit.
they are not related to the gerbers in toronto!
BDE!
I know Rabbi and Mrs Gerber well; my son and older daughter used to go to Hebrew school lessons 10 years ago, before there was a Mitzvah Factory Hebrew School. My heart absolutely goes out to them at this time! In the years since my marriage my husband and I lost 4 babies to stillbirth, so I know how the Gerbers are feeling right now. Our losses led me to research what Torah says about why some children come into the world for a short time; they have a duty to perform. We don’t know what it is, only Hashem… Read more »
why? why only when such things (Hashem yshmerenu) happen then PEOPLE ASK FOR MOSHIACH?? Shouldn´t that be our cry every single day no matter what happens? I have NEVER seen in an engagement/birth comment moshiach now & ad mosay. And if it would people think the person that wrote: “He is crazy”.
So please understand that not only is not crazy, it´s the right thing to do than we will not need ‘those’ reminders from Hashem. Anyways AD MOSAY, AD MOSAY, AD MOSAY! Hashem please we beg and demmand MOSHIACH RIGTH NOW!!!! no one second more in this bitter golus!!!
Zalman and family Hashem should give you the ultimate comfort you need now and immediatelty.
Moshiach now.
Mordechai Siev- Tsfat
ad moasi we want mosiach now
This cant be!
my sincere condolences from a Chaver who learned with you in LA
MAY U HAVE STRENGTH TO SOPE WITH THIS TREMENDOUS LOSS
We wish you condolences. Great director to work with. The nicest couple.
Dear Rabbi + Mrs. Gerber +Family,
We are so sorry for your loss ,may hashem comfort you all always.
From: Aryeh, Chana + Leah Miriam Weiser
Crown Heights ,New York
I have no words. I can only say that my prayers are with the father and mother, and to everyone affected by this terrible loss.
we are crying with you
hashem enoughhhhhhhhhhh
moshiach now
he’s my cousin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ITS ENOUGH HASHEM LOOK DOWN AT YOUR KINDER AN BRING MOSHIACH TZIDKEINU NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aibershter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m coming please get ready and live like the gurber family
I can’t wait a any longer!
Why?why did this happen?I am so sad! Ad masai?
speechless!!!
ad mosai?!
to #44- unfortunately…we only realize how painful golus is once there is extreme pain.
we love you so mcuh
enough is enough with all the tragedies!!
Hashem! What more do u want from us? Gebers no words can express how i feel for you right now … I love u!
May his neshoma have the biggest of alyios!
HASHEM SEND US MOSHIACH!
1/2 of all the comments here say either “ad mosai” or say “we need moshiach now”
Why do we only say:
“we need Moshiach Now”
Only if and when Tragedy strikes?
And untill then, who says “we need moshiach now”?
rabbousia lets learn a lesson, an extra mishna for his neshma, not just for the shluchim, all anash
There are no words..
We are crying with you!
enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I spent a summer with the gerbers they are truly amazing people!! i cant imagine the pain they are going threw. Ad mosai!! may we see moshiach NOW!! May hashem give you the strength to get threw this tragedy!!
we need moshiach now!!
No words are appropriate.
WE NEED MOSHIACH NOW!!!!!!!
Davven for us sholom ber!!!!!!
Beg Hashem to send us moshiach now!
i know sholm ber very well i can not beleive it i am speachless
OH MY GOD!!!
HOOOOOOOOOOORRIBLE!!!!!!!
how can Hashem do this!? WHAT MORE DOES HE EXPECT FROM US?!
was this innocent child related to the gerbers in toronto?
AD MOSAI!!! ENOUGH ALREADY!!! WE NEEEED MOSHIACH ALREADY!
http://www.theshluchimfund.com
AD MOSAI!
BS:D
Sholem Dov Ber please intercede for your people and tell them enough is enough.
SHOLOM BER WAS SUCH A SWEET KID! HE WAS SO CUTE FUNNY AND SO PLEASURABLE TO BE AROUND. I DON’T SEE MY COUSINS DESERVE THIS!!! WE’RE THERE WITH YOU… MY TEARS WILL NEVER STOP FLOWING FOR HIM!!!
AD MOSAI?!?!?!?!
WHEN WILL THIS GOLUS END?
I REMEMBER SITTING THERE RECENTLY AND LAUGHING AT HIS SUNNY SMILE SAYING THAT NEXT TIME WE SEE HIM, HE’D HAVE AN UPSHERN AND YARMULKA….
WHY??????????????????????
HASEM SHOULD HELP US AND GIVE HIS BEAUTIFUL NESHAMA AN ALIYAH!
Shocked. Pained.Torn within. these don’t even come close. HASHEM! ENOUGH!!!!
WE NEED MASHIACH *NOW!!!!*
I CAN’T BELIEVE SUCH A THING HAPPENED TO SUCH A GREAT FAMILY!!!!! HASHEM HELP!!!!!!!
i canot believe it im so scared!! hashem!!!
bdh
Anyone who knows the Gerbers knows how they are moiser nefesh for the chinuch of their own children and the children of their community. May Hashem comfort them with nachas from their children, sheyichyu and their talmidim and mushpaim.
Anyone who ever saw this precious little boy would vouch for the fact that he was the happiest, sunniest child they ever met. Obviously a very special neshama, in a very special family that merited to have him in their midst for his short task in this unfathomable world.
i did know sholom ber and he was such a sweet kid i cant believe this i am so sorry for the gerbers
This is beyond tragedy!! Please take a minute to daven for all the unwell Yidden!! 🙁 Ad Mosai, this shouldn’t be happening, Moshiach must be on the way!!
Dear Rabbi and Mrs. Gerber,
You are such special people! You son had the most incredible experience being on this earth as your child.
No words can describe my pain for you and your family…
i am so sad – my tears have not stopped!!!
Hashem…AD KAN!
bde. My heart goes out to his family. May you know of only simchas Ad Mosai As Mosai Ad Mosai
HaKodosh Boruch Hu!!!!!
im crying
I can’t believe this happened. The poor parents. Zalman, always with a smile on his face…how sad! BD”E!
The Gerbers are such amazing people, why do they have to suffer in such an extreme way????? I don’t get it!!!! We need Moshiach right NOW!!!!!!! ENough of this pain of Golus!!!!!!!
there are no words
עד מתי!! I am in no position to ask why…! ה’ please look down and your kinder!! we need moshiach! My heart goes out to these shluchim!!
oy
There’s nothing else to say right now…
this is terrible
HASHEM, PLEASE STOP!!!!!
My heart breaks just hearing about any child.Mosiach now
Feel extremeley sad 🙁
The pain, no words. my heart is with you, thinking of you.
BDE 🙁
Moshiach RIGHT THIS SECOND
oh my!!! my heart is breaking!!!!!!!!! i don’t know them but this scares me…i have a two year old and a baby and i can’t even imagine the pain, shock and horror!! why? why? this is heartwrenching!!
Please…Ad Mosai!!!!!
so sad….