“Mr. Lawrence Stein requested a Jewish priest to perform last rites. When can you get here?”
IT was early on Tzom Gedaliah when I received the call.
The screen displayed “Saint…Healthcare.
“Am I speaking to Father Rabbi Eisenman?”
“Yes.”
“This is Monique from Saint…Healthcare. Mr. Lawrence Stein requested a Jewish priest to perform last rites. When can you get here?”
“I’m on my way.”
The nursing home called him Lawrence Stein.* However, I knew him as Laibel. And while driving to South Jersey for more than two hours, I reminded myself about Laibel, picturing him in my mind.
He would come to shul only on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
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