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in beautiful
Rabbi weaves teachings around
a special brand of storytelling.
created especiall y
for older adults.
ing mourners. Regarding the sick, he
said, the family should first be asked
whether visitors are even wanted. The
visit should be kept short; personal ques-
nited and untied are the
tions should not be asked. Most impor-
same word," Rabbi
tantly, the visitor should not discount
Paysach Krohn says. "It
the attending doctor's
depends
abilities.
where you put the T."
Meanwhile, help
In the days before
should
be extended: rides
Tisha B'Av, which
to
the
hospital,
child care,
mourns the 2,000 year
sending
over
meals
to
loss of the Second
family
members,
etc.
Temple in Jerusalem
When visiting a
and the resultant disper-
,shiva house to console
sion of the Jewish peo-
mourners, Rabbi Krohn
ple, Rabbi Krohn said
taught that visits
sensitivity to others is
should be kept short
the key to achdut, to
and the medical care
unity, among Jews.
received should not be
From Queens, N.Y.,
criticized.
The focus of
Rabbi Krohn is an
conversation should be
Orthodox lecturer and
on the deceased — ask
author of five books
about the loved ones
known as "The Maggid
and let the mourners
series." The series
speak. "'Silent' and
includes The Maggid
`Listen' have the same
Speaks and Echoes of the
letters," he said.
Maggid
Rabbi Krohn told
(Artscroll/Mesorah
stories
that illustrated
Publications); it's a col-
the importance of treat-
lection of inspirational,
ing disabled people
true stories that teach
with
dignity ("Those
Jewish ethical lessons.
who
don't
are the ones
— Rabbi Krohn
Maggid is Hebrew
with
handicapped
for storyteller. It refers
minds!"). He urged par-
in particular to rabbis
ents to set examples for (7,
who went from city to
their children by doing acts of chesed.
city, lecturing in shuls and exhorting
The meeting was held to benefit
congregants, by means of stirring stories,
Matan
B'Seter, a local charitable organi-
to improve their behavior.
zation.
Matan B'Seter (literally: "giving
The idea for the books sprang from
in
secret"),
is a tzedaka organization that
Rabbi Krohn's friendship with Rabbi
helps
the
Jewish
needy of metro Detroit
Sholom Schwadron, a maggid who lived
in
such
a
way
that
their dignity is main-
in Jerusalem until his death in 1997.
tained. Utility, medical and grocery bills,
Rabbi Krohn regaled his audience at
for example, are paid off without the
the Southfield home of Max and Elana
beneficiaries knowing from where the
Berlin with stories highlighting the
money comes. Rabbi Eric Greenbaum
importance of understanding and con-
and
Rabbi Shaul Broner of Oak Park
sideration of others. Even acts of chesed,
and
Rabbi Menachem Greenfield of
of kindness, must be done with sensitivi-
Southfield
run the organization on a
ty, so that the recipient is not embar-
volunteer
basis.
rassed, he said.
The program honored the memory
Rabbi Krohn stressed the need for
of the late philanthropist Marvin Berlin,
proper conduct when observing the
father of the host. 7,
mitzvot of visiting the sick and comfort-
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`Listen have
the same
letters.
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