Rabbi Barry Gourary passed away yesterday night
The last member of the Schneerson royal family. The only grandchild of RaSHaB and RaYaTZ.
Funeral is now in Englewood, NJ. Funeral home Wein & Wein, followed by burial in Beth El cemetery next to his wife. Yehi zichrono Boruch!
UPDATE No. 1: I received a call from a frequent contributor to this Blog. He said that before he went to sleep on Sunday night (the night Shalom Ber Gourary passed away) he opened randomly Likkutei Dibburim on a page retelling the story about Rebbe RaYaTZ visiting his grandson's room seconds before being escorted out of his house during his arrest:
I put on my coat, received farewell blessings from my revered mother, my wife, and my daughters Chanah, Chayah Mushka and Sheine, and went to the room of my daughter's son, Shalom Ber, to see him before I set out for Spalerka. The sweet and precious child slept softly in his little iron crib. May G-d grant him long days and years and, to the joy of all our family and friends and well-wishers, may his father and mother bring him up to a life of Torah, to the marriage canopy, and to the practice of good deeds.
For a few moments I stood in his room, and a sigh escaped my heart: "May it be G-d's will that this child (May he blessed with long and good days!) grow to be the greatest of his brothers, and stand firmly on the same basis on which his grandfather is standing, fearing nothing in the world. G-d grant that he tread the same path that was boldly trodden by my holy forebears, for in his veins flows holy blood that is bequeathed from a father to his son, to his grandson, and to his greatgrandson."
My father once told me, as I recalled during those moments, that when I cried of pain at my circumcision, my grandfather the Rebbe Maharash had said: "Why are you crying? When you grow up you will be a chassid and you'll teach Chassidus articulately."
Standing now near my grandson, I thought: "Let us hope that when my grandson grows up he will staunchly tread the path blazed by our holy forebears; that he will stand firm in the cause of Torah and the awe of heaven, undaunted by any obstacle; that he will battle for the preservation of Torah observance and the fear of heaven; and that he will always be of help to those who stand in awe of G-d."
I then said goodbye to the household staff. Once the guards freed them from the kitchen, they were so shocked by what they heard and saw that they averted their gaze from me and looked at the floor, unable to return my greetings.
UPDATE No. 2: These are some of the recent posts on mentalblog.com about Barry Gourary:
Barry Gourary file
Barry Gourary with Rebbetzin Shterna Sorah
Schneur Zalman of NY on the "non human" family
What if R. Shmaryahu Gourary became the Lubavitcher Rebbe?
RASHAB's books and the Rebbe
Docket - Agudas Chabad versus Barry Gourary
Was the Lubavitcher Rebbe a closet Kotzker?
UPDATE No. 1: I received a call from a frequent contributor to this Blog. He said that before he went to sleep on Sunday night (the night Shalom Ber Gourary passed away) he opened randomly Likkutei Dibburim on a page retelling the story about Rebbe RaYaTZ visiting his grandson's room seconds before being escorted out of his house during his arrest:
I put on my coat, received farewell blessings from my revered mother, my wife, and my daughters Chanah, Chayah Mushka and Sheine, and went to the room of my daughter's son, Shalom Ber, to see him before I set out for Spalerka. The sweet and precious child slept softly in his little iron crib. May G-d grant him long days and years and, to the joy of all our family and friends and well-wishers, may his father and mother bring him up to a life of Torah, to the marriage canopy, and to the practice of good deeds.
For a few moments I stood in his room, and a sigh escaped my heart: "May it be G-d's will that this child (May he blessed with long and good days!) grow to be the greatest of his brothers, and stand firmly on the same basis on which his grandfather is standing, fearing nothing in the world. G-d grant that he tread the same path that was boldly trodden by my holy forebears, for in his veins flows holy blood that is bequeathed from a father to his son, to his grandson, and to his greatgrandson."
My father once told me, as I recalled during those moments, that when I cried of pain at my circumcision, my grandfather the Rebbe Maharash had said: "Why are you crying? When you grow up you will be a chassid and you'll teach Chassidus articulately."
Standing now near my grandson, I thought: "Let us hope that when my grandson grows up he will staunchly tread the path blazed by our holy forebears; that he will stand firm in the cause of Torah and the awe of heaven, undaunted by any obstacle; that he will battle for the preservation of Torah observance and the fear of heaven; and that he will always be of help to those who stand in awe of G-d."
I then said goodbye to the household staff. Once the guards freed them from the kitchen, they were so shocked by what they heard and saw that they averted their gaze from me and looked at the floor, unable to return my greetings.
UPDATE No. 2: These are some of the recent posts on mentalblog.com about Barry Gourary:
Barry Gourary file
Barry Gourary with Rebbetzin Shterna Sorah
Schneur Zalman of NY on the "non human" family
What if R. Shmaryahu Gourary became the Lubavitcher Rebbe?
RASHAB's books and the Rebbe
Docket - Agudas Chabad versus Barry Gourary
Was the Lubavitcher Rebbe a closet Kotzker?
posted by Tzemach Atlas at 9:53 AM
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