Morah Chaya Devora imbued each of her students with the most powerful appreciation for tefillah
Several weeks ago, alumni of the Moriah School in Englewood, New Jersey, some who haven’t seen each other in decades, converged on a home in Kew Gardens Hills. On their faces were identical somber expressions, with a hint of nostalgia, a yearning for something that was, and is no longer.
They were coming to be menachem avel the parents and siblings of their teacher, Morah Chaya Devora Senft a”h, who they lovingly called “MCD.”
Chaya Devora passed away after battling illness for four and a half years. Though she hadn’t yet married nor borne children of her own, her scores of students and the stories they told left no doubt as to the profundity, and endurance, of her legacy.
They spoke of her great joy in all of Yiddishkeit. They described the programs she initiated, like an Erev Shabbos oneg and special Rosh Chodesh events.
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