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May 23Liked by Vivian Bercovici

May you and your loved ones find consolation with all who mourn in Zion and Jerusalem.

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May 23Liked by Vivian Bercovici

Two ribbons of tears were streaming down my face reading your intimate and moving story of your Mother. May her memory be a blessing.

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May 23Liked by Vivian Bercovici

‏משתתף בצערך

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May 23Liked by Vivian Bercovici

Thank you for sharing your Mom's loveliness. Blessings to you and your family.

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May 22Liked by Vivian Bercovici

My condolences. I didn't know your mother, and I don't know you. But that doesn't matter, we are all members of the same tribe.

A minor point. You say that Holocaust survivors had few, if any, psychological resources to help them afterwards. My late father was a psychiatrist in Montreal in the 1950s to 1980s. Many of his patients had numbers tattooed on their arms. And he refused to charge them more than he thought they could comfortably afford, sometimes nothing. Which is one reason we were poor.

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So sorry for your loss. Your simple but touching tribute to your mother proves that she did something (probably many things) right. Thank you for sharing this profoundly private moment with us. May your Mom's n'shama have an Aliyah.

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I'm so sorry for this deep loss. May your mother's memory be a blessing. Take care--we'll all be here when you're ready to resume posting.

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Toby & I send our sincerest condolences. May her memory be a blessing.

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May 22Liked by Vivian Bercovici

I am really sorry for your loss Vivian.

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A beautiful tribute. May her memory be a blessing.

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May 22Liked by Vivian Bercovici

She is forever graceful and lovely. Thinking of you and yours Vivian. Thoughts and Prayers.

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May 22Liked by Vivian Bercovici

Condolences, Vivian. A ripe old age, and a life of purpose and productivity. May her memory be for a blessing. Barb

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May 22Liked by Vivian Bercovici

Your mother was a kind, lovely woman. A dear friend to my mother Naomi (who is turning 92 in a couple of weeks). I remember getting together as families when we were young. If memory serves, I am one year younger than your brother Paul. May her memory be a blessing.

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May 22Liked by Vivian Bercovici

May her memory be a blessing, Vivian. Thank you for sharing some of your memories with us. 😔

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