By COLlive reporter
Members of the Teichtel family met this month to remember one of their own: Alte Mina Teichtel A”H, their beloved daughter and sister who passed away at the very young age of seven.
Her brothers and sisters, seven of which serve as Chabad Shluchim in the U.S. and in Germany, met at their parents home this past month to start writing a new Torah scroll in her memory.
“She was an outstanding girl,” her oldest brother, Rabbi Yitzchak Teichtel, Shliach in Nashville, TN, told COLlive. “At the hospital she would ask to dress up for especially for Shabbos.”
“Our father used to bring her to the Rebbe’s farbrengens in 770. When the Rebbe saw her, he would wave. She brought a smile to the Rebbe’s face.”
Although her life was cut short, family members freshly recall her cheerful and friendly personality.
“She always wanted to go on Shlichus,” Yitzchak adds. “So the new Torah will be traveling, visiting each of the Chabad Houses her brothers run.”
When Alta Mina was two years old she was stricken with cancer, and doctors predicted she would live for only 6 weeks. When the cancer progressed, she also suffered a fall, which caused her lungs to collapse. The Rebbe was involved in the medical procedure, and she lived for another 5 years until the 23rd of Teves 5750.
The tragic date is remembered each year when her mother, Mrs. Shaindel Teichtel, a principal at Bais Rivka of Crown Heights, organizes a women’s gathering.
You can participate in the writing of the new Torah by calling 615-414-8910.
23 Teves 5750, Not 5740.
also when she passed away she was in remission (a miracle), its the other cuases, that (bderech hateva) took her.
She won the battle but lost the war.
Yet she lives on thur the countless acts of Chessed her parents do in ger memory. As the Keren Alta Mina fund that give furniture and baby needs to all that need, gave over 10,00 pieces to date.
The Alta Mina Yiddish Class in Bais Rivka
and more..
May her memory be for a blessing.
My daughter was in the Alte Mina AH class in Bais Rivkah years ago, and I still remember the beautiful choir they made for the yarhtzeit. She will always be remembered as a very special little girl.
my grandmother who baby sat the Teichtel children always spoke of Alte Mina as a Beautiful, sweet, loving Neshma …..
I too, remember little Alte Mina AH, such a sweet, beautiful neshama. The whole community was devastated by the loss. I remember that very clearly, even though I was very young at the time…
About 20 years ago – Alte Mina was in my preschool class and until this day, I can always see in my mind the “beautiful, sweet, angelic girl she was” Her smile always cheered up our classroom.