![[left] father of Kadoshim Reb Gavrial, [right] father of Rebbtzin Rivkah at Levy'a of 4 year old Dov Ber who died from illness](http://www.vinnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/holtz5.jpg "holtz5")
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Jerusalem, Israel – Another tragedy befell the family of Mumbai attack victims, Dov-Ber Holtzberg, the four-year-old son of murdered Chabad emissaries to Mumbai, India, Rabbi Gavriel Noach and Rivki Holtzberg died at a Jerusalem hospital during the predawn hours of Tuesday from Tay-Sachs disease, the brother of Moshe who was saved from the terrorist attack in Mumbai last month by his Indian nanny, had been struggling with a genetic illness since birth.
Over the past few years, while his parents and younger brother resided in the Chabad House in Mumbai, Dov Ber had been hospitalized at a nursing institution in Israel under the care of his grandparents.
The funeral will begin at 10:00am at the Shamgar Funeral Home, with burial will taking place on the Mount of Olives, next to his parents and his older brother Menachem, who died from the same genetic illness.
Moshe is the only Holzberg son not to be born with the illness. He currently lives with his grandparents in Afula, along with Sandra Samuel, the Indian nanny who saved his life by rescuing him from the besieged Chabad House in Mumbai.
Meanwhile, a mass commemoration rally and the unveiling of the memorial stone for his parents, Rav Gavriel and Rivki, is scheduled for Thursday on the Mount of Olives and to mark 30 days since the deadly attacks in Mumbai transpired.
The Chabad House was one of several places captured by suspected Islamic gunmen in the November 26-29 attacks. A commando assault ended the two-day siege, but all six people inside the building, including Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka, were killed.
BARUCH DIYAN EMES
oy ribono shel olom! I promise I will get better
as I”m looking at this. is that hashem gave his good will for the holly “kedoshim” that their son should no more suffer
What can we say?
May Hashem take DovBer lovingly in his arms and may he be reunited with his parents and brother in Shamayim. May Hasem grant nechama to the Holtzberg and Rosenberg families and all of the other mourners.
what a tragedy!!!!!!!!
No words, just more and more, endless tears. May Ha-Shem be menachem Moishele and the grandparents, and the whole family. May all our broken hearts and tears shatter the gates of Shomayim and bring Moshiach soon.
oy…dov ber will join his parents and brother menachem in gan eden. we can’t wait to see you all, healthy and whole, when moshiach arrives.
I can’t bear to see this grandfather crying again. how much can one person go through in such a short period. BDE
It’s the parents, the Kedoshim, who helped him from Up there that he shouldn’t have to suffer anymore.
Nebech, no one to sit shiva after him….
His parents went up there and upon seeing how much their child is suffering begged Hashem to take him out of his misery & bring him up there with them. BD”H.
how many children did the Holtzberg have? The article implies they had a few kids with Tay-Sachs
how painful, it is so hard to see the kids suffer
my uncle had 4 kids that died from tay-sachs its very painful for everyone around. these kids suffer so much poor neshuma
moishela was there nechuma when he was born healthy and now he stays here without his closest family
HASHEM… FOR HOW LONG MORE WILL YOU LET YOUR KIDS SUFFER??
SEND MASHIACH NOW!!!
BURACH DEIN EMES….
This is a terrible tradged.. but let this be a lesson learned. All jewish people should be tested prior to marriage so this way Tay Sachs children won’t be born.
There is a 25% chance of the child getting it.. BUT only if both parent are carriers.
YIDDEN PLEASE!!! check yourself before marriage.. DONT let your kids be your korbon.. Your ZIVIC is still out there!!!
Doctor X
What can we do? Only tsheuvah & achdus so that moshiach can come
Aibershter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please, please, please!
Doctor, nos. 17,
Many Rabonim dont hold of Dor Yishorim. So that might be the reason not everyone is tested!
Baruch dayan emes. May klal yisroel continue to grow in achdus, and may our achdus be a z’chus for the kedoshim, and their two sons who passed away.
Maybe this was not a tragedy? Maybe it’s a relief for the poor kid from suffering in such a terrible way… why can’t we just say thank G-D for releasing him from his torture… and not carry on like it was a tragedy and he should have lived like that for another l0,20,30 or more years… now the poor kid is in a place the he is at peace… so let’s all start being a little honest and leave it at that
Baruch Dayan Ha’emes
Anonymous #25 wrote: Many Rabonim dont hold of Dor Yishorim. So that might be the reason not everyone is tested!
Unless you are prepared to mention by name the Rabbonim who do not agree that Jews should be tested for Tay-Sachs before marriage, you are doing a great disservice and creating a stumbling block. I never heard that ANY rov was against it, as it prevents a lot of agmus nefesh later on. Everyone, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, should be tested. I know you want to be melamed zchus on the family, but since today we have the technology, there is no excuse not to use it.
Anonymous #25 is not entirely incorrect. There are Juvenile and Adult forms of Tay-Sachs with much longer life expectancy. Although the Holtzberg children did have the classic Infantile form and would not have lived until their 10th birthday. Very rarely children with Infantile Tay-Sachs live until their 8th or even 9th birthday.
My deepest sympathies are with Moshe and his grandparents and extended family.
Kim Kubilus
Director of Member Services
National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association, Inc.
http://www.ntsad.org
Meaning that if a four year old died from it he did not have the adult onset type.
It amazes me how so many people think they are god and can give the reason as to why
Even if doctors claim a child with Tay-Sachs can’t live very long, that doesn’t mean that he couldn’t be an exception. Also every day in this world gives one so many opportunities, even for a sick child, to serve Hashem.
all i can do is cry
gevald!! gevald!!
shik shon moshiach!!
baruch dayon hoemes!!!
may this be the last of our sufferings and the begining of the geulah
REALLY A GREAT TRAGEDY.I FEEL SO ASHAMED BEING AN INDIAN FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PROTECT EVEN HIS PARENTS.EVERY HINDU’S PRAYER WILL BE THERE FOR HIS WHOLE FAMILY.COME BACK TO EARTH SOON,WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU EAGERLY.
Hi A.E.,
I do not have a paper reference but know the families. I’d be happy to discuss it with you more off-line. My email is [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you.
Warmest regards,
Kim Kubilus
Director of Member Services
National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association, Inc. (NTSAD)
http://www.ntsad.org