Shalom Zachor
Shalom Zachor (“party” in honor of new baby) held in the Seltzer Residence for the new baby. Prayers and good wishes are offered.
Shalom Zachor (“party” in honor of new baby) held in the Seltzer Residence for the new baby. Prayers and good wishes are offered.
Baby is born. Weighs 4.2kg/9.25 lbs. Due to a traumatic birth (3.5 hours of pushing) the baby is not breathing on its own and is immediately brought to the ICU (intensive care unit) and put on a respirator.
A Story about Yitzchak Meir, told over on the occasion of his 13th Yahrzeit: My son was born with scarring on the brain on September 28, 1999, in the now defunct Misgav Ledach hospital in Jerusalem. By October 5, the doctors wanted to get a better look at what was going on in his brain,…
On Shabbos, I commemorated the first anniversary of the death of my son Yitzchak Meir ben Lev Halevi. On Friday night I went to shul early – I had already davened mincha at 12:30pm, but wanted to be there when the 2nd mincha started (at 20 minutes before sunset) so that I could talk to…
A Poem by Ella Seltzer Oh Lord, when will it be That the other side Of your tapestry We shall finally see? Our tears like heavy rains fall That in floods gather up When will they overflow the brim Of your wondrous cup? The lonely still searching For their zivug, their mate The childless beseeching…
Today was the Yahrzeit (anniversary of the death) of Rochel the Matriach. As I drove to the hospital with my wife and my mother in the car, we got to the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem and the sign said “Bethlehem Right” (the hospital was to the left). Somehow at that moment I remembered that it…
Yitzchak Meir is still breathing on his own, but with extra oxygen. The doctors still call his condition a “coma”, but we were quite amazed by his behaviour today. Ella was able to pick up and cuddle Yitzchak Meir for the first time, ever. She also gave him a bath. Amazingly, he opened up his…