With sadness we inform you of the passing of Ms. Sima Esther Hecht of Chicago, IL, at the age of 71.
Sima Esther was the eldest daughter of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Hecht obm – the first Shliach of the Frierdiker Rebbe and the Rebbe to Chicago, IL, known as one of the very few chassidim that the Rebbe went all the way to the Beis HaChayim for his levaya, on a Friday.
“Sima Esther was a very special person who shared her warmth and smile with everyone. She will be missed by all who knew her,” a family member told COLlive.
She is survived by her sister Mrs. Rivky Tevel of Crown Heights and her brothers Rabbi Hershel Hecht of Kfar Chabad and Rabbi Yosef Hecht of Crown Heights.
The Levaya will take place Sunday morning, leaving Shomrei Hadas at 11:15 am and passing by 770 at 12:15 pm.
Rabbi Yossi Hecht and Mrs. Rivky Tevel are sitting shiva at the Tevel home,
644 Lefferts ave. bet Albany and Troy
Shachris: 10:30am
Mincha 4:45 pm.
mariv b’zmanoh
Sidney Rappaport of Crown Heights, known for attending many sholom zachors and other simchas in Crown Heights, is also sitting Shiva after the passing of his sister, at the Tevel home.
Baruch Dayan Haemes.
i remember sima and Herschel when we were teens they visited us in Brooklyn……i am the daughter of marion and max reinsdorf…….judy
boruch dayan Emes…eli and dalia Hecht Lomita Ca
very sad!!!! 🙁
Hashem, please send us Moshiach now!!!
SO SORRY ABOUT YOUR LOSS A FEW MONTHS AGO I LOST MY SISTER AND NOTHING IN THE WORLD WILL REPLACE THE LOSS ONLY THE COMING OF MOSHIACH AND ITS TIME ALREADY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
HAMOKOM YENACHEM ESCHEM BETOCH SHAAR AVEILEY TZION VIYERUSHALAYIM, FROM NOW ON SIMCHOTH ONLY.
She was an unbelievable personality, she truly inherited many of her father, the saintly R. Hecht z”l character trates… And most of all, kind and loving, with a smile that could make you melt, she will be missed,
Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim. Vehukeetzu Veranenu Shochnay Ufur vehe besochom.
oy rivky, your sister was intelligent and lovely. may hashem alleviate your pain and fill your heart with nachas. your chicago friends.