Update Tuesday morning
BH we have completed this goal. Thank you to all of the donors and partners who are literally burying a Jew who would otherwise be forgotten.
Any further donations will be used for general activities of Chabad Rural Georgia.
Help a Meis Mitzvah Have a Jewish Burial
A Jewish man, Ron W., who lived in Austell passed away on 7/4/2025.
Money is needed to ensure that he receives a proper Jewish burial.
Please help us perform the powerful mitzvah of Chesed Shel Emes and make sure a beloved Jew is buried according to Jewish law.
Please donate before time runs out!
The commandment of Meis Mitzvah is so crucial that if one encounters an unidentified Jewish body, he must immediately halt any mitzvah or activity he is busy with until he buries the body.
The rewards for this mitzvah - a kindness in its purest form and the only mitzvah called a Chesed shel Emes - are unimaginable. Even the kohen gadol, the saintly High Priest whose sanctity didn’t permit him to attend the funeral of his own child, was commanded to bury the meis mitzvah he encountered.
Total Cost $8,640.00
Cemetery Plot: Purchased by the deceased.
Transportation of Body from Austell to Atlanta: Donated by Dresslers
Funeral Arrangement: $4500.00
Kaddish for the year & every Yahrtzeit: $540
Headstone: $3,600
Your donation will be processed by Chabad of Rural Georgia and you will receive a tax-deductable receipt.
Here's a picture of Ron being visited by one of our volunteers. They said the viduy and discussed his desire for a Jewish Burial.
