בריוו פון נחמן גלויבער ע"ה צו זיינע עלטערן

crcannyhome

Heartbreaking. All of Brooklyn, Jewish and not, is devastated that we lost such a sweet young family in such a terrible way -- our hearts are shattered for you. I hope this lovely letter gives the survivors a little bit of comfort. May they have some peace someday.
March 7, 2013 at 9:45 a.m

Graham NickelAbbotsford, BC
A tragic yet deeply memorial—thanks for publishing this. "LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered—how fleeting my life is." Psalm 39:4
March 7, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.

ArchBrooklyn
This is truly touching! One can only learn from a pure soul, we can all be better parents, children and make this world a better place for all!
March 7, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.D

C Taustria
Heartbreaking.
March 7, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.

JaneCT
A lettet with true love. I wish all kids to get such an education filled with love.
March 7, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.

AntoinetteOld Lyme, CT
This story has made me heartsick for the young couple, their parents and the grandchild that might have been. Our first grandchild was born in Brooklyn on Jan 18 to our son and wife married last year - they took a cab to NY Methodist hospital where we were so blessed to see their newborn son. The picture is so clear to me and the pain for the ones lost so deep. May the parents of the couple find some peace in the wonderful, gentle adults their children became. My deepest sympathies to the family.
March 7, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.

M. R.Pasadena
So much for the efficacy of prayer.
March 7, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.

AMToronto
I hope my children, when they are of this man's age, write wife and I such a simple, yet profound expression of love. It should not have been his last.
March 7, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.

YosefNY
May G-d bless their memories give their parents the strength to carry on. Amen
March 7, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.R

LindaNew York
A beautiful letter... a beautiful bride, a handsome groom. All of New York City shares the untimely and horrible loss of these two lovely young people. May their memory be for a blessing.
March 7, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.

SincerelyPODbaltimore
an embellished truth. way to go.
March 7, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.

JudoartNY
Beautiful and sad.

In Jewish tradition the righteous are called "living" even after death. One reason is because their good deeds and positive influence on the world lives on.

As a Yiddish speaker I see that the photo only shows the second page of the letter.
March 7, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.

CedarColorado
So, so sad. What a terrible loss of young life and young love. I hope God brought all three of them to His home.
March 7, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.

DTNYC
Contrast this with the cowardly actions of the driver who hit them. Couldn't be a bigger difference in maturity and respectability. And Nachum was 21, while that lowlife is 44. Twice his age and a hundredth the man.
March 7, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.

JonathanWhittier, CA
I think I am going to write my mother a letter today.
March 7, 2013 at 9:44 a.m.

LNYC
To have a son write a letter so moving, so humble, and so beautiful to his parents is a testament to the kind of people his parents are, and to the purity and goodness of the son they raised.

My deepest condolences to Nathan Glauber's family and to his wife's family at this time of mourning and grief. What an immense loss they have suffered. I pray they will be comforted and can find solace and peace.
March 7, 2013 at 9:44 a.m.

RobertNYC
This is extremely moving. I wish my children to have the courage and express their feelings. I wish my children become inspired and inspire others the same way Nathan did, may Nathan and lovely wife rest in peace, and the Lord

EKNYNYC
A beautiful letter written by a thoughtful man. It is everything we would hope to say to our parents, but we often don't possess the maturity or insight to express as eloquently. A terrible loss for the world. Condolences to his extended family and community.
March 6, 2013 at 8:05 p.m.

MblrNYC
As beautiful a letter as they come.
March 6, 2013 at 6:48 p.m.

Steven BarallUpperWestSide
Imagine how much more horrible this would have been if he had not written that letter.
March 6, 2013 at 6:48 p.m.REPLYRECOMMEND2

nhcMD
It couldn't be more horrible than it already is. Maybe his parents can find some tiny comfort in the letter.
March 7, 2013 at 9:43 a.m.

nutsnboltsHonolulu
All the love and hope and joy in the world is in this letter. May the Nachmans rest in peace. My condolences to their families.
March 6, 2013 at 6:48 p.m.

nutsnboltsHonolulu
Sorry, I meant the Glaubers. I'm just so shaken up by this whole tragic episode.
March 7, 2013 at 9:43 a.m.RECOMMEND

DeeWestern New York
And I thought this story couldn't get any sadder. And yet, what a gift for his parents! Blessings on them all.
March 6, 2013 at 6:48 p.m.

Nan SocolowCayman Islands, British West Indies
Deeply moving, tragically painful. uutterably sad. May the Lord comfort with hearts' ease the families, loved ones and friends of the dead young couple and their son. Nachman Glauber's joyful thank-you letter to his parents is achingly beautiful.
March 6, 2013 at 6:46 p.m

ShmuelJerusalem, Israel
FLAG
very touching and also sad.
March 6, 2013 at 4:20 p.m.

bklyngirlyFt. Greene, Brooklyn
so touching and horribly sad.
March 6, 2013 at 4:20 p.m

Trixie in the Heart of DixieAtlanta GA
What a lovely note from a loving son. I pray this letter, in the future, will bring some comfort to his parents. I hope, also, that it brings some solace to the bride's family in that their daughter was married to such a wonderful and mature young man.

May the family, friends and community of this young couple find some peace from their grief.
March 6, 2013 at 4:20 p

sailinawayMahtomedi, Minnesota
This is one of the most beautiful things I've seen in a long time. My heartfelt sympathies to Mr. Glauber's parents in the loss of this beloved son and his wife. The most important job we have is raising our children. To Mr. and Mrs. Glauber I say, job well done.
March 6, 2013 at 4:20 p.m.

EllenWilliamsburg
I hope that letter will be bring some comfort to his family. That he wrote it at all is a testament to the kind of person he was.
March 6, 2013 at 4:20 p.m.

AlisonNYC
That is such a beautiful letter. What a lovely young man, woman and baby, and such a terrible shame that they are no longer with us. My deepest condolences to their family, friends and community. The world is surely worse off for their loss. The rest of NYC mourns with you. May you find peace.
March 6, 2013 at 4:20 p.m.

NaftuliBoro Park
This is very emotional and everything, but Yeshivas actually cripple their kids by depriving them of an education in English, math, science, history, geography, etc. Teaching Jewish education and values alone is not enough; not according to the law and not according to Conlon sense.
March 6, 2013 at 9:33 p.m.REPLYRECOMMEND15

jennilong island
I went to Yeshiva - Ramaz - and we had a dual curriculum, both religious and secular subjects.
March 7, 2013 at 9:43 a.m.RECOMMEND

BatyaWashington Heights
It is really disheartening that a fellow could make some critical, anti-Jewish education statement at a time like this. It is unrelated to the content of the beautiful letter that the now deceased young man wrote.

You have a bone to pick about religious education? Choose a time and place where it is appropriate to make your poisonous statements. From your name and location you are likely a product of a yeshiva education. Evidently they deprived you of learning the sensitivity one needs to get along in the world.

I'll take a caring, compassionate person over one who can calculate vectors and knows the difference between igneous and metamorphic rocks (for example) any day. Yeshivas may not provide the secular education you think they should but they did help raise a young groom who could express his appreciation in a sophisticated way.
March 7, 2013 at 9:44 a.m.RECOMMEND

JMRCalifornia
I really think you miss the point, Naftuli. Whether educated at a Yeshiva or not, this son gave a beautiful gift to his parents in writing this letter. Not many 21 year-olds would understand the nachus it would give his parents. Any parent would treasure this and his untimely death makes it more precious.
March 7, 2013 at 9:44 a.m.RECOMMEND

noneny
didn't learn much vocabulary in public school, what does "Conlon sense" mean?
March 7, 2013 at 9:44 a.m.RECOMMEND

davelong island
If there was ever a more inappropriate and disturbingly ill-placed comment left on this site, I haven't seen it. Your inability to see the beauty in something where it is so blindingly apparent makes me sad for you.
March 7, 2013 at 9:44 a.m.RECOMMEND

PJKQueens
While your point might be valid, generally speaking, that is neither here nor there and has no relevance to this article or letter. I think it wise too not to utter broad categorical statements that can be misleading. A good many number of yeshivoth do in fact teach general studies. I assume you meant Hassidic yeshivoth. Still, this is not the forum to take issue with the Hassidic world's cultural and educational practices.
March 7, 2013 at 9:44 a.m.RECOMMEND

Wasting TimeDC
FLAG
Not the time, not the place.
March 7, 2013 at 9:44 a.m.RECOMMEND

The touching letter hit-and-run Jewish groom wrote to his parents on his wedding day thanking them and asking them to pray for him and his wife

A letter believed to be written by the young Jewish man who was killed along with his wife and child in a hit-and-run this week has been released, in which he thanks his mother and father for all they had done for him on the day he was to marry his bride.

The letter, written in Yiddish, is from the young groom on his wedding day, thanking his parents for never sparing time or money if he needed anything and for sending him to yeshiva 'to learn your values, religious and worldly, until I reached to this current lucky moment'.

He also asked them to forgive any pain he may have caused them and said: 'I feel a sting in my heart that I’m already leaving your warm home.'
The letter was being sent around Hasidim yesterday and though the family said they were too grief-stricken to confirm the letter's authenticity, friends told the New York Times it was his writing.