dorchadas: (Judaism Yahrzeit Candle)
dorchadas ([personal profile] dorchadas) wrote2018-05-15 09:31 am

This may be the last time I do this... ๐Ÿ•ฏ๐Ÿ”ฏ

Tod Douglas Megibow (z"l), 1951-2012. May his memory be a blessing.

2018 1 Sivan, Tod Megibow Yahrzeit candle


I said kaddish for him last night, on the beginning of the first of Sivan, and lit the candle. This picture is from this morning. His obituary is still online here.

I did not get the chance to know him very well. We only interacted a handful of times, since he was very busy with practicing law and [personal profile] schoolpsychnerd and I lived in Japan for three years. He thought fast and talked fast, like he was trying to get just a few more words out than the flow of time would let him. I honestly found him a bit overwhelming, but as far as I know, he liked me. He liked my level head and my thriftiness. I wish I had gotten the chance to know him better, to hear more of his stories. I wish he had been able to visit us in Japan, or in Chicago. He wrote a book based partially on his life. I've never read it.

In the interview linked there, he said:
"In this business if you don't laugh, you cry."
He and my father built the chuppah together, for the wedding.

โ€œOut of the depths I cry to you, Lord;
Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy.
If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
so that we can, with reverence, serve you.
I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,
and in his word I put my hope.
I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen wait for the morning,
more than watchmen wait for the morning.
Israel, put your hope in the Lord,
for with the Lord is unfailing love
and with him is full redemption.
He himself will redeem Israel
from all their sins.

[personal profile] pear_of_anguish 2018-05-16 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry for your loss. I too am Jewish. :)

[personal profile] pear_of_anguish 2018-05-17 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
My friend Marlene died the other week, so, and her funeral is tomorrow. I want to go but my sister doesn't. (She knew Marlene as well...) Death is the final frontier I think. :(

[personal profile] pear_of_anguish 2018-05-17 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
She was a wonderful person, and luckily Al is taking it all very well.. ืื“ืื ืง.