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NEWS
Chana Rivka Wunder o"h
by Betzalel Kahn
On Wednesday night 22 Shvat, hundreds of residents of
Jerusalem's Kiryat Mattersdorf and Kiryat Unsdorf, led by
rabbonim, gedolei haTorah and public figures,
accompanied Chana Rivka Wunder, o"h, on her last
earthly journey. Chana Rivka, who was only six years old at
the time of her petirah, had suffered from a dreaded
illness that had caused her much pain.
Chana Rivka is the daughter of HaRav Avrohom Yeshaya Wunder,
a prominent Jerusalem avreich and a daf hayomi
maggid shiur in the Zichron Moshe shul. She is the
daughter of Soroh, of the Leitner family in Gateshead. Her
grandfather is the noted author, Rabbi Mayer Wunder of
Kiryat Mattersdorf.
Last year it was learned that Chana Rivka had contracted a
malignant disease. She underwent many difficult operations
and treatments. During that period, her family, as well as
neighbors and acquaintances, took care of her with exemplary
dedication. Numerous prayers were recited for her recovery,
and a special prayer rally was held for her sake in her
neighborhood. Her situation recently deteriorated, and on
Wednesday night she returned her pure soul to its Maker in
her home, in the presence of her family and a minyan
of bnei yeshiva from Torah Ohr.
The levaya, leaving from her home, was attended by
hundreds of mourners who had come to participate in the
family's sorrow. Before the levaya set out to the
cemetery, stirring hespedim were delivered by HaRav
Moshe Kopschitz, the rav of Chanichei Hayeshivos in Romema;
HaRav Yitzchok Ezrachi, one of the roshei yeshiva of
Mir; and HaRav Yaakov Kruger, the rav of Kehilas Chaim in
Mattersdorf.
With great sadness, the maspidim described the
terrible calamity which befell this outstanding family. They
aroused people to do teshuva and to take stock of
their ways, especially during this period in which our
community has known so many heavy losses. With great
emotion, her father parted from her, and in a heart-rending,
tear-choked voice, justified the din.
At the conclusion of the hespedim, the levaya
passed through the streets of Kiryat Mattersdorf on its way
to Har Hamenuchos in Givat Shaul.
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