9/29/16

with a forever shattered heart I need to write

The Levaya of Elimelech Ben Menachem Mendel Malkiel Gradon (11 years old!) will be Friday morning 9:00AM at Cong Sharei Tefila 7269 Beverly Blvd LA CA 90036.

We hope to have live video hookup. Info will be sent to the public when and if we have it.

Kevura will be in Mt Carmel Cemetary 6501 Gage Ave. Commerce CA at 11:30

Shiva will be at 176 S Fuller Ave LA CA 90036

Friday from 1:00-3:00
Motzei Shabos right after Shabos until…
Sunday Shachris at 7:00 with Shiva ending for Rosh Hashana at 2:30

We are kindly requesting no one bring any food. It is all arranged already.

Besuros tovos

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Miki September 29, 2016 at 7:58 pm

Absolutely heartbroken. Words cannot describe what I feel like now. I have been following Eli’s story for years now, davening every day for a refua shelaima. All the way from Israel, at the kotel, thousands and millions of tefillos have been sent up to the heavens. Hashem must’ve felt that the inspriy, beautiful Elimelech was just too holy for this world. My deepest, deepest, condolences as I sit here with tears streaming down my face, unable to believe that this is true. May Hashem bless you with a year to come filled with only simchas. Amen.
Judith Cohen September 29, 2016 at 9:23 pm

So zerbrochen to see this last post, Boruch Dayan Ho’emes.
Yossi Oratz September 29, 2016 at 9:31 pm

ברוך דיין אמת. I’m crying as I read this. I met Eli once- when Malkiel and Nochum took him to Eretz Yisrael and I was so hoping that there would be a different end to this story. המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
Yehuda September 29, 2016 at 9:38 pm

I’ve never met you or your son but I am sitting in my office at my desk crying as I’m sure many others are as well. Your blog was a very real inspiration for me and for that I’ll always be thankful. May the Ribono Shel Olam give you only bracha and happiness and may your son be a Mailetz Yosher for your family and all the rest of us.

B’birkas Kisiva Vchasima Tova,

Yehuda
Ilana Ben Namer Kevehazi September 30, 2016 at 3:36 am

Baruch Dayan Haemet!
Michael Felsenthal September 30, 2016 at 6:59 am

You do not know me. I know your father, and have tremendous respect for him. When I had heard about Eli’s illness, I immediately added him to my cholim list. I also subscribed to this blog in order to get updates. I was truly amazed by your families strength and determination to endure all adversity experienced in Eli’s battle. I never knew or met Eli, but I could tell that he was so strong, and fought the cancer until the very end.
I unfortunately will not be able to come to the funeral, as I will be involved in the mitzvah of kibud av v’aem. But if you can livestream the funeral, I will be sure to watch it.
Wishing you and your family a Shana Tova and a G’mar Chasimah Tovah. May we only share simchas.

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Special Announcement

For the last few months a group of our close friends have been arranging to join Chai Lifelines marathon taking place in Florida on 2/2/14. They have already 12+ people just on the “team Eli” group along the many others that run for Chai Lifeline. To do so every runner goes through MONTHS of rigorous training which they have all began doing already. This is one of the bigger fundraisers for Chai Lifeline who anyone who has ever needed their services knows how vital they are when a family member is going through a illness. And for those who BH haven’t had a sick family member and beezrat hashem will never have should know that they are simply a lifeline. Always there and always thinking about what they can do to take their chesed to the next level.

Our family will forever be makir tov to them for what they have done for us and continue to do. Every runner that signs up is essentially pledging $3600 to join the CL team. Aside from the training they do they must also raise the $$. On the link below there is a team Eli page which shows how much together the team has raised but you can click on each persons name and donate directly to their pledge. We beezrat hashem hope as a family to be there together with Eli who will be pushed in a wheelchair/stroller by one of the runners during the marathon

I look at this as a insurance plan that hopefully your donation should chas vshalom never be used towards your family or anyone you know but for us its the ultimate lifeline. Again I ask that anyone that can should please donate whatever they can “every dollar counts”. If you can donate $5 great if you can do more even better. If you can fully sponsor a runner would be amazing. There is also nothing wrong with a runner more then fulfilling their pledges for this great and worthy cause.

Anyone wishing to join the team should please email Ayalaback@gmail.com and anyone wishing to donate should please go to this link: http://www.teamlifeline.org/myteam.php?myid=88.

All I can say simply is “tizku lmitzvos”

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