More good/bad news...

[deborahjross]

First, the good. Hand is healing, and I can even do a little Downward-Facing Dog (my favorite yoga asana); new refrigerator is here and working; mud room almost done. Everyone else healthy...

except...

My cousin's husband, Rabbi Moshe Cotel http://moshecotel.com/index.php died suddenly the day before yesterday. He was at prayer, preparing to leave for a concert tour, had been in excellent health. Please hold his family in your hearts in these painful days. He was a true mensch, a caring and inspiring man.

Comments

[patchwork-prose.livejournal.com]

Holding his family in the Light. So much tougher when it's unexpected.

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

If you go to his website, click "Recordings" and watch the video clips from "Chronicles" performance, particularly the intro to Rachmaninoff.

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that... it's sad when people pass without warning.

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

I don't know that we ever truly prepare ourselves, but there is a particular quality to the shock/grief when it's unexpected. Moshe and Aliya had been Israeli dancing the night before, and walked home in fine spirits.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

So sorry to see that you lost someone special :-( I can't imagine a better way to go than in prayer, but we who are left behind feel sad no matter what...

Hello, Deborah, it's Francesca :-)

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

Hi Francesca -- we are now officially friended! I'd say Friends, but all the Quakers would make assumptions

Knowing Moshe, even a little, I think he'd be pleased. The family has lots of support -- my cousin Aliya is the most network-generating person I've ever met.