Another tremendous storm hit the NY area and once again made transportation by road or air virtually impossible. The return flight from Eretz Yisroel for Rabbi Eli and R’ Reuven Dessler and family was set to arrive in Newark this morning and then transfer to Cleveland later, but due to the weather had to be redirected. Of all the airports that the international flight could have been redirected to, Cleveland was somehow chosen. The reason for this on the ground may not have been so clear, but as an example of hasgocha protis the answer was obvious.

Due to this flight transfer, the Dessler family did not have to miss any precious opportunities to say kaddish with a minyan, and were able to come back to Cleveland to receive the many people wanting to be menachem avel- not even missing the opportunity to make shacharis at the beis avel the morning of the flight. [The Dessler family is sitting Shiva for their father, Hagon Rav Nachum Zev Dessler ZATZAL – reported HERE on YWN].

But more than this, the other stranded passengers from this flight, 40 of whom were dependent on kosher food and various Jewish necessities, were meant to come to Cleveland to receive the chesed that our community is so well known for.

Immediately upon hearing about this flight being redirected, Yaakov Moshe Berkovic of  Davis Caterers and Mrs. Sara Shapiro of Bikkur Cholim (and the many people who volunteer for them) got the ball rolling to get much needed food and other things to this group of people. Kinneret Pizza was churning out pizzas, Dovid Greenberger and his Bagel Shoppe made an innumerable amount of bagels and baked goods.  Other people stepped in to help in a variety of ways.

Below is some photos & video footage taken at the Levayah of Rav Nochum Zev Dessler ZT”L at the Shamgar funeral home in Yerushalayim. Among the maspidim was HaRav Moshe Shapira. HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel also attended the levayah.

Photo Credits: Dovid Gottleib – Click HERE to view.

Video Credits: Kuvien Images

(Source: LocalJewishNews)