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Ha
Rav Hagaon Rachamim Benamara left us the first day of Rosh
Hashana 5762 (18 September 2001). The day before, his last
“material” deed was the signing of his last
check for his charity institutions.
Afterwards it was just spirituality : prayers
from the siddur of Rosh Hashana he used from the time of
Pessah, Psalms and Mishna… When one of his students,
a Dayan, came to blow the shofar he asked him to go over
the prayers of Rosh Hashana without any omission. (In the
Jewish mysticism the shofar is the ultimate prayer purifying
the soul).
Then he closed his eyes and his Neshama went back to the
Shechina without physical or moral suffering - at the age
of 87 (“PAZ” means “pure gold”)
.
He
was granted his last wish, found afterwards in his Tsavaa:
”today, 7th of Adar 5753, anniversary of the death
Moshe Rabenu– Should I be granted the same death”.
Such was his death “in a kiss”. Our Sages say:”
G-d grants the will of the G-d fearing people.” They
also say: “In death, tzaddikim will continue to live.
In truth we have the feeling that whatever we do in his
name is immediately successful with G-d’s help.
And in his “spiritual will”, he wrote page 34
: “I founded these charitable institutions late in
life (22 years ago). They are the goal of my life and the
delights of my heart. I wish to leave them after my death…
I am asking you to reinforce and develop them after I leave.”
And page 35 :” Reinforce the institutions of “TEHILA
LEDAVID”, CHESSED VE RACHAMIM” and “CHADESH
YAMENU”, I am begging you to maintain and develop
them.”
That’s
why, immediately after the shiva, the statutes of our Association
(according to the French Law 1901), concerning those three
institutions, were registered. At the end of the month of
mourning, all the legal side was completed. We were ready
to start to receive all donations allowing those institutions
to function.
Now we can do great things “Bli Neder” and create
a large scale Philanthropic Association helping people in
need, old people, sick people… It is up to you, Dear
Friends. Your donations will give you great joy, the one
felt when doing a good deed.
Even better : let us extend the family circle of AHAVAT
RACHAMIM!
Get involved, don’t hesitate to contact your friends,
as you know, one receives more by giving than receiving.
Moreover,
at the time of Judgment for each one of us, the moral satisfaction
to have helped people in need, old people and sick people,
through Ahavat Rachamim, will weigh more than any material
riches that you can’t take with you…
Bli
neder, we hope to be able to build a Charitable Center in
Jerusalem in order to help lonely old people in need, “and
try to give them back their dignity and the feeling of belonging
and worth in the community…” and
at the same time to ease the burden on their family leaving
them alone during working hours. This center bears witness
to the generosity and solidarity of the French Jewish community
to our Israeli brothers facing different kinds of hardship
and whose burden is getting increasingly difficult to support.
This
project, the direct result of the experience of AHAVAT RACHAMIM
and his initiator, has the support of the authorities, the
population and the volunteers…
To
finance such a project, we need the support of everyone:
private people, companies, associations, Jewish Communities,
Media…
Your generosity and your involvement
with people in need will bring to you and your family the
blessings of Isaiah, such as described in the Haftara of
Yom Kippur…
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