Chicago Community Kollel - Rebbetzin Zucker Tribute

foreign person a preacher a person that preaches a lot she wasn't that type she was unintimidating she she didn't hold herself as a big popular Robinson she considered herself Mrs Zucker all she was looking for was to do ratan Hashem she wasn't looking for personal interest she was the motherly role model to to so many so many people in Chicago and throughout the world they really lived their life what would rabbits and Zucker say what would rabbits and Zucker do how would rabbits and Zucker handle this situation and now unfortunately a lot of people don't have um that mother to turn to on the one hand represent Zucker was always working on her voice Hashem davening sneez helping thrush Khalil and her sons and sons-in-law to learn but on the other hand she was grounded so that when my wife asked her advice she knew that it would be practical but with a source of people in situations in deciding situations I think that's one area that the whole family feels avoid is there's so many decisions what would Mommy say what would Bobby say she decided these things and what she said that was that was Dallas tire that was that was upset when she moved to Chicago she was very happy that she found the large house she always wanted a big house at which we have guests people could sleep over his whatever has been stated has been understated the house is mamish open all the time people coming and going all types of people people could come even with last minutes notice or no no notice at all each time we arrived and when the door was opened we immediately noticed the light the beauty of the Shabbos the kadusha it was a very warm feeling who really doesn't need a dinner to commemorate of the current a tremendous my symptoms hundreds of tomatoes but she imbued with Avast legendary but above all the crown jewel of our life that she gave us a husband a goyan and a tadiq and of David Zucker and mystical would do everything possible to maximize her husband's learning she got that from her appearance her mother had had a miss us in a time when it was when it was unpopular to marry a bentair and she waited around and she married my my grandfather my father said over by the by the lavaya story about my mother when she broke her wrist she's gonna have to she didn't have one take my father out from learning she she wanted she wants to go herself to the hospital but what was most amazing about that was that that was not a moment of inspiration it was after 40 Years of of a life that was devoted to completely making sure my father's be able to learn undisturbed to make sure her children make sure you know light in the Colo and whoever whoever it was that that was in again to be able to enable them to learn that was her natural immediate response one of the most incredible stories that were said about Everton's liquor was said in passing by the levia but when there's curl up it spoke he said that when Lou Edwardson first found out of her Mahala was Friday morning and the doctor came over to her house Andover was in Cairo and the new Glover went on to say he came home and his wife broke the news to him think about it for a minute this woman found out probably the hardest piece of news in her life any normal person would say how could I digest this myself call her husband and say please come home she didn't disturb him if David said that part of the story as if it was push it even when she was going for treatments and her husband went to the doctor with her once or twice but if it wasn't absolutely necessary she did not want to disturb his learning I remember one morning when we got worried that the the reviton was was really not doing well and I look over and I see the Roche Colo David was sitting in his seat and learning with his love Russo as if there was nothing else in in his world going on and again I think the message was clear to him that you know this is what the rabbits and was my wife told me one time I came home after a particularly tough day and I asked her why didn't you call me and she said that if Mrs Zucker could go to chemotherapy herself so that her so that the Russian could learn second say that and I'll manage a few fetchy kids and a migraine somebody might say that she was so tired was because her husband yeah well your wife you Max off his tire a lot but it's not true she was Mark sure anybody's tire her vehicle law and certainly the same could be said of rabbits and Zucker that she has a relic not only and a husband's learning but the learning of everyone in the Colo and everyone in the community that benefits from her husband's learning yeah the environment of the cola is is so warm and so friendly that it it helps me be a better person because you know I want to be like them terror is attained by the acceptance of the Altera the Yoke of Terror to demanding yet extremely beneficial oil for the entire family the husband alone cannot carry this oil it's only through a joint commitment of both husband and wife that this all can be carried and the benefits can be foreign left right and center and it's such a kidish Hashem and there's an element of uniqueness to their mysterious nephesh and to their wives mysterious nepheus for those times all of these people are doing only because their wives are encouraging them to do it and they certainly deserve a lion share of the credit we can always find a reason that you know why we can't do it we had a long day the kids are crying we didn't see our our spouses you know every reason why not to do it but the lesson from rabbits and Zucker is there is no excuse you just go learn all of us know whether it's a human mind whether it's available whether it's a rush whether it's anybody anybody who comes and takes off time from their daily schedule to come learn understands that it comes with a shot twist each one combines their efforts for the eventual scar sometimes she'll bring in the scar and sometimes he'll bring in this car she could be much enough fish for him to go out to learn and he'll get stuck in traffic and we'll get the base measures but they'll still get scared because she was nice enough for him to learn and sometimes she won't need to be my synthesis because she'll have help and she won't need him around the house and he'll go out to learn and she'll still get Sky because he's sitting and learning together they form this Unity of Christ a hundred percent the sky is not split up it's not a hundred dollars and then you split up 50 50. that's not the way it works with star star is rather it's 100 100 everybody gets 100 of the stocks Robinson that she went to Chicago 32 years ago together with the husband and she had tremendous yet in building the Malcolm Taylor and we could surely say that she was Makai when she heard of her impending tragedy her reaction was not one the way we understand that her reaction was not one of depression or despondency her reaction was Godless dick her reaction was a greatness her reaction was let's be magazik myself and my family said right before the material basically a few hours before the material he was talking to the whole family and he said that for the past 40 years whatever it is our sugar was the the red buffer else a lot of things she told us she taught us filo for the past few four and a half months so she got sick she was a rabbit to us a teacher in the dark of a Muno the fact that she had no other interest except to continue the way she was living her life until then by teaching uh the same way a diving the same way and doing everything else the same way made it possible for us to understand that that's just the way the way the world is and if she recognized it we should obviously recognize it as well the feeling she gave over to us was that we can't let life stop when I heard about the loss of Robertson Zucker I cried I cried for my daughter I cried for the daughters of the school of Hannah sax and I'd cried for the whole Community I would say that not a day goes by that my wife doesn't think about you wish she could ask her or what she could discuss with her or wishes she could just see her I think the legacy of this that she leaves over is just living a focused life living a life with the focus of what our job is in this world what we're here to do what we're here to accomplish every person's life is different but the the question is always the same what is and and her life was about responding to that question and she always looked for the ratan Hashem and everything represent Zucker personified a woman who was constantly engaged in doing awareness Hashem she didn't wear it on her sleeve she didn't talk about it she was the person who had 12 children she was the person who was involved in Oregon Park excellence she had many people at her house all different types of people from Russia Yeshiva together all different types of people around her house she made it look easy she was married to Russia biggest Mass medium in the city not the biggest Mass medium in the country and she made it look easy she was an incredible teacher to all of the women to all of the men and to all of the people in the community she will be forever missed