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Chaya Malka Abramson shares the fire in her soul |
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Some call her courageous, some say she is a tzaddekes, but her essence was most succinctly expressed by the late Mrs. Zahava Braunstein, a’h, “In her humble way,” Mrs. Braunstein said, “Chaya Malka Abramson is a giant.” She began her career in fashion design as Michelle Smith in Connecticut, but her true calling in life emerged when she arose- as Chaya Malka -from the ashes of a devastating fire in the Old City of Jerusalem. When Chaya Malka ran in to her flaming apartment to save her children and grandmother, she suffered burns over 85 percent of her body, and against all odds, lives to tell you her story. In the latest reprint of her best selling book, Who by Fire (with Esther Tscholkowsky, Feldheim), and now on her upcoming US speaking tour December, 2010,Chaya Malka continues to inspire us. |
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Sampling of Past Speeches and Themes By Chaya Malka |
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"Triumph of Spirit" recounts highlights from her book Who By Fire, and incorporates three main themes: Appreciation of Life, Trust in the Almighty, and Chesed Chaya Malka first vividly relates the powerful story of a gas explosion and fire in her home in the Old City of Jerusalem, the details of her escape and rescue of her three children and grandmother. We hear how she gradually becomes aware of the life threatening extent of her injuries over the course of the months of her recovery. She recounts the seemingly insignificant acts of kindness that had a deep emotional impact on her and helped her to heal. We also hear about the sensitivity of her caregivers and self-sacrifice of those close to her who gave of themselves without letting Chaya Malka know of burdens they assumed.The force that drove her to recovery was the |
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The house was filled with the wonderful smells of Erev Shabbat. Chaim, my two and a half year old and I had just made challah together and it was baking in the oven. My three and a half year old Shifra was at gan. Chaim and Miriam, my baby, were playing nicely in the kitchen. My husband Avi and I were talking while I cooked and he arranged the ingredients for the chilli he was planning to make.
It was an erev Shabbat pretty much like any other erev Shabbat. And then suddenly... it wasn’t. |
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God is good and everything he gives us is good. I remember standing with my husband near the elevators on the seventh floor of the hospital. We had just heard the doctor’s diagnosis. I leaned against the wall, staring out the window at the hills of the city. Exhausted and confused, I kept wondering, where do we go from here? |
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Benefits of Loving Kindness |
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Benefits of Loving Kindness
from Ahavas Chesed of the Chofetz Chaim Setting up a gemach (free loan fund) in one’s home …if all were to perform this mitzvah…all trouble and tribulation would cease.Y our prayers will surely be accepted by G-d and your requests will be granted. |
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