“Kudos to Mrs. Zelcer for so eloquently encapsulating the struggle that many of us singles face, and striving to fortify us with chizuk and growth through Penimi”
I would like thank Mishpacha magazine and Yonoson Rosenblum for his tribute to my late wife Debbie Markowitz a”h. It was quite appropriate that it was featured in Mishpacha; Debbie was an avid reader of the magazine, reading it weekly from cover to cover, and she actually saved every issue since its inception.
I would like to make one small correction. Debbie passed away on the 19th of Shevat and not as printed. From the start of the shivah we have received many emails, phone calls, and WhatsApp messages with testimonies from people on how Debbie affected their lives. She lived and breathed chesed, jumping at any opportunity she came across. Many of the letters we received began with, “I didn’t know Debbie personally, but …” and then went on and on about what she had done for them without even meeting them.
I would like to ask that if any readers have an anecdote to relate on how they were affected by her chesed, to please send it to DebbiesChesed@gmail.com. These stories have been, and continue to be, a source of great nechamah for our family.
I can also relate to Yonoson’s piece on “It’s Bashert.” Although I knew of Debbie from Brooklyn College, it was only on a return flight from Israel that we really connected. I offered to drive her home from the airport and then asked her out. We actually only went out on one date and were engaged 3 days later.
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