Baltimore community honors unusual case of “meis mitzvah”
FINAL HONORS Lillian who was awarded lifetime membership in the Jewish War Veterans of the United States organization upon turning 100 just a month ago was to be buried the next morning in a graveside ceremony complete with military funeral honors — but no minyan
Y ehudis Barer of Baltimore hesitated to open her door for the man who rang her doorbell. However the stranger looked trustworthy enough.
He introduced himself as Ben Dubin the accountant of their next-door neighbor centenarian Lillian (nee Polis) Rosen. After breaking the news that Rosen had just died Mr. Dubin told a tale that made Mrs. Barer realize this was a case of “meis mitzvah.”
Lillian who was awarded lifetime membership in the Jewish War Veterans of the United States organization upon turning 100 just a month ago was to be buried the next morning in a graveside ceremony complete with military funeral honors — but no minyan. She and her predeceased husband Paul both older when they married were childless. With no surviving siblings there would be no shivah and no one to say Kaddish for her.
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