The funeral for Hershel Krycer, ob”m, will be held Thursday, August 8, 2013, 4 PM at Restland Cemetery, 13005 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75243. Take the first left into the cemetery, follow the road parallel to to Greenville to the Mount Zion section of the cemetery on the right side.
May the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes!
We are deeply saddened and shocked by this tragic and sudden loss of our dear beloved friend Hershel.
Hmokom Yenachem Eschem Betoch Shaar Avalei Tzion Yerushalaim
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And may we be zoice to ‘Vehokitzu Viranenu Shochnei Afar’ Speedily in our days..
Shaul Gurewicz
Melbourne Australia
My thoughts and prayers are with all of Hershel’s family. May the Light shine and uphold you through this time of grief.
It was a blessing to work with Hershel — always positive and upbeat, cheerful, and smiling. I enjoyed asking him how his family and children were because his love for you all shone brightly in his eyes as he shared that all were well.
His Light will continue to shine for all of us who knew him. I’ll always remember his smile and enthusiasm for life! He will be missed.
In Memorial to the greatest friend one could have on this Earth. A word given over at the conclusion of the minyan in Melbourne by G.T.
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Please forgive me if I am overcome by my emotions here.
I felt compelled to say a few words here today, to try & some up what seemed like a lifetime of friendship in a few moments, if that is at all possible.
Hershel was more than a friend. For years, in our single days, we would visit the Meinrath’s every Shabbat like clockwork & we were all like family. He would say that I was like brother & I felt the same, although there would be non that could ever come close to be like him.
Although Hershel had many friends & associates here in Melbourne, I have the great privilege to say that he was especially close with the Neubauer & Travitz families & we were fortunate to maintain contact throughout his sojourn in America with his beautiful family. He actually made a point to call the Neubauer’s on a weekly basis.
I for one will miss his always smiling face and chatter on Skype.
Hershel was a devoted Son above & beyond. He was always mindful of his father and paid him the utmost respect. He always made sure that his short visits here were fully taken up spending time with his father & relatives. Never wanting to hurt anyone’s feelings, he would spread himself thin to spend time with all those that he felt compelled to visit, regardless of his constrained time here. During his short stay he made sure to help clean & maintain his father’s house & even built a Sukkah a couple of times so that he could eat together with father on Yom-tov.
As a family man we can all learn a lesson from Hershel. He was the most devoted Father who gave his all to his family to the point of uprooting his home and moving half way across America in order to provide the best Jewish education and community life for his children.
To know & be a friend to Hershel has been an honour & privilege.
If I had to some up his qualities in a word he was a Mentsch. Although I believe he may have really been a Malach in disguise sent by Hashem as a Blessing to his family & friends. I feel like an undeserving recipient of this honour as I can only reflect and try to learn from his complete selflessness.
Hershel, young brother, I know you are here in spirit and so I just want to say that I will forever value your sincere friendship & your legacy is the example you have left behind for all of us to follow & cherish.
As we always ended our conversation, I look forward to us sharing in Simchat together in Yerushalayim Habenuya Bimhera Beyomainu.
It is Monday at 2 PM and the news about Hershel only reached me about 90 minutes ago and the shock and disbelief still resonate within me. I’ve had a chance to be menachem avel via the phone (since my wife, Judy, and I live in Rockland County, near Monsey) but fortunately Zloty was able to speak for a little while. The couple who called me to share the terrible news were devastated as well and told me about this website and the wonderful messages that were appearing, thus my visit as well.
Although soon after we became friends, Hershel and I were separated by large distances geographically, somehow our friendship seemed to deepen emotionally over time. The sense of loss grips me with an intensity that is breathtaking but I also want to express how fortunate I have felt to claim Hershel as a friend. His was a unique soul, a precious neshama, looking and embracing good wherever he could and despite a life that was also marked by trials and difficulty. It was reassuring , in this light, to see that the Dallas community also seemed to perceive the precious qualities that Hershel brought to this world, their depth deceptive but very real, absolutely sincere and, in a way, quite disarming. His faith was unabashedly strong and positive; he loved Hashem, the Torah, Israel, his family and friends and the Dallas community, which seems to have responded lovingly to his passing.
Hamakom yenachem etchem b’toch sh’ar avelei Tziyon v’rushalayim.