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Shalom Dovber Gerber, 2, OBM

Shalom Dovber Gerber, a 2 year-old son of Chabad Shluchim in Philadelphia, has passed away this morning - not waking up from his sleep. Full Story

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boruch dayan emes.
December 28, 2010 10:20 am

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 crying now
December 27, 2010 9:18 pm

so sad moshiach now pleez ryt now the family is so special

sorry to hear
December 27, 2010 8:05 pm

moshiach where are you already !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bde
December 27, 2010 1:22 pm

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!

Hamakom Yenachem Eschem
December 26, 2010 11:16 am

Our heartfelt condolences, the Tamir family.

baruch dayan HaEmes
December 24, 2010 2:10 am

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

oy. baruch dayan haemes
December 23, 2010 10:33 pm

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

a little maise
December 23, 2010 10:17 pm

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.

# 32
December 23, 2010 10:05 pm

they are not related to the gerbers in toronto!
BDE!

Chana
December 23, 2010 8:46 pm

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 »

WAKE UP YIDEN!
December 23, 2010 11:50 am

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!!!

AD MASI!!!
December 23, 2010 11:21 am

Zalman and family Hashem should give you the ultimate comfort you need now and immediatelty.
Moshiach now.
Mordechai Siev- Tsfat

mosiach
December 23, 2010 8:18 am

ad moasi we want mosiach now

noooooooooo
December 22, 2010 9:26 pm

This cant be!

Zalman
December 22, 2010 9:17 pm

my sincere condolences from a Chaver who learned with you in LA

OY!!!!!!!! SO SADD HOW MUCH CAN WE HANDLE?!?!?!?!
December 22, 2010 9:11 pm

MAY U HAVE STRENGTH TO SOPE WITH THIS TREMENDOUS LOSS

Staff from Summer of 94
December 22, 2010 4:31 pm

We wish you condolences. Great director to work with. The nicest couple.

OUR CONDOLENCES
December 22, 2010 2:08 pm

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

Boruch Dayan Emes
December 22, 2010 12:36 pm

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.

ad mosaiii
December 22, 2010 4:02 am

we are crying with you
hashem enoughhhhhhhhhhh
moshiach now

it can't be.....
December 22, 2010 2:04 am

he’s my cousin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AD MOSAI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 22, 2010 12:12 am

ITS ENOUGH HASHEM LOOK DOWN AT YOUR KINDER AN BRING MOSHIACH TZIDKEINU NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boruch Dayan haEmes
December 21, 2010 11:48 pm

Aibershter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

moshiach
December 21, 2010 11:48 pm

I’m coming please get ready and live like the gurber family

I can’t wait a any longer!

Horibble
December 21, 2010 11:45 pm

Why?why did this happen?I am so sad! Ad masai?

bdh
December 21, 2010 10:58 pm

speechless!!!
ad mosai?!

to #44- unfortunately…we only realize how painful golus is once there is extreme pain.

to every single gerber
December 21, 2010 10:45 pm

we love you so mcuh

bde
December 21, 2010 9:59 pm

enough is enough with all the tragedies!!

BDH
December 21, 2010 9:17 pm

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!

do we REALLY " need moshiach now"?
December 21, 2010 8:21 pm

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”?

young shluchim
December 21, 2010 8:19 pm

rabbousia lets learn a lesson, an extra mishna for his neshma, not just for the shluchim, all anash

its enough already how much suffering
December 21, 2010 8:18 pm

There are no words..

Morah Chaya:
December 21, 2010 8:12 pm

We are crying with you!

hashem
December 21, 2010 8:06 pm

enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

spent a summer
December 21, 2010 7:49 pm

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!!

oyy im soo soryy
December 21, 2010 7:41 pm

we need moshiach now!!

BDE
December 21, 2010 7:33 pm

No words are appropriate.

BDE
December 21, 2010 7:11 pm

WE NEED MOSHIACH NOW!!!!!!!

To 32: No, he isn't....
December 21, 2010 6:27 pm

Davven for us sholom ber!!!!!!
Beg Hashem to send us moshiach now!

speachless
December 21, 2010 6:13 pm

i know sholm ber very well i can not beleive it i am speachless

:'(
December 21, 2010 6:12 pm

OH MY GOD!!!
HOOOOOOOOOOORRIBLE!!!!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
December 21, 2010 6:09 pm

how can Hashem do this!? WHAT MORE DOES HE EXPECT FROM US?!
was this innocent child related to the gerbers in toronto?

Hashem!
December 21, 2010 6:07 pm

AD MOSAI!!! ENOUGH ALREADY!!! WE NEEEED MOSHIACH ALREADY!

If You Want to Help
December 21, 2010 6:04 pm
Meir
December 21, 2010 6:01 pm

BS:D
Sholem Dov Ber please intercede for your people and tell them enough is enough.

I CAN'T BELEIVE IT!!!
December 21, 2010 6:01 pm

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!

My heart breaks...
December 21, 2010 5:57 pm

Shocked. Pained.Torn within. these don’t even come close. HASHEM! ENOUGH!!!!

NO WAY!!!!!!
December 21, 2010 5:55 pm

WE NEED MASHIACH *NOW!!!!*
I CAN’T BELIEVE SUCH A THING HAPPENED TO SUCH A GREAT FAMILY!!!!! HASHEM HELP!!!!!!!

omg
December 21, 2010 5:44 pm

i canot believe it im so scared!! hashem!!!
bdh

beyond words
December 21, 2010 5:41 pm

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.

BDE
December 21, 2010 5:35 pm

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.

this is sooo sad
December 21, 2010 5:32 pm

i did know sholom ber and he was such a sweet kid i cant believe this i am so sorry for the gerbers

BDE
December 21, 2010 5:23 pm

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!!

im so sorry
December 21, 2010 5:21 pm

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!!!

BDE
December 21, 2010 5:18 pm

Hashem…AD KAN!

bde
December 21, 2010 5:14 pm

bde. My heart goes out to his family. May you know of only simchas Ad Mosai As Mosai Ad Mosai

Boruch Dayan Haemes
December 21, 2010 5:14 pm

HaKodosh Boruch Hu!!!!!

so sad.....
December 21, 2010 5:03 pm

im crying

Such Great Shluchim
December 21, 2010 4:59 pm

I can’t believe this happened. The poor parents. Zalman, always with a smile on his face…how sad! BD”E!

The Gerbers
December 21, 2010 4:55 pm

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!!!!!!!

bm
December 21, 2010 4:51 pm

there are no words

OYY! בד''ה
December 21, 2010 4:47 pm

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!!

bde
December 21, 2010 4:33 pm

oy

BDE
December 21, 2010 4:29 pm

There’s nothing else to say right now…

bde!
December 21, 2010 4:24 pm

this is terrible

terrible!!
December 21, 2010 4:09 pm

HASHEM, PLEASE STOP!!!!!

So Sad
December 21, 2010 4:02 pm

My heart breaks just hearing about any child.Mosiach now

Terible
December 21, 2010 3:54 pm

Feel extremeley sad 🙁

Gerbers
December 21, 2010 3:52 pm

The pain, no words. my heart is with you, thinking of you.

oysh
December 21, 2010 3:45 pm

BDE 🙁
Moshiach RIGHT THIS SECOND

NOOOOOO
December 21, 2010 3:31 pm

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!!

No more!!!
December 21, 2010 3:28 pm

Please…Ad Mosai!!!!!

BDE
December 21, 2010 3:27 pm

so sad….

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