To Comfort a Mourner: Volume 6, Issue 9, Mikeitz
- Sefas Tamim
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December 20, 2025; 30 Kislev, 5786 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara
In the early 2000s, a fellow student at Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim in Queens, NY, experienced the loss of his mother, who passed away unexpectedly at a young age. Along with several friends, I traveled from Queens to Brooklyn to pay a Shivah call.
As anticipated, the atmosphere in the Shivah home was deeply somber. Although we endeavored to find the right words of comfort, it became apparent that none of us found the right words to console the bereaved family. After some time, our group approached the mourners, recited “Hamakom Yenacheim Es’chem,” and respectfully departed...