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TO THE EDITOR, family of four children separated and to entertain friends. She was a val-
On July 27, 2017, the 4th of Menacham her from her roots in ued member of her shul and worried
Baltimore, but about the usual fits and turns of life. She
Av, family and friends commemorated holidays, would often become exasperated by the
the sholoshim of Chashie Bayarsky Spie- summer trivialities around her. But Chashie’s in-
gel, a”h. She was the daughter of the late vacations, nate goodness, modesty, and deep sense
Rabbi and Mrs. Abraham Bayarsky, a”h, family of responsibility to her home and her job
and the sister of Lipa Bayarsky and Shel- simchos, commanded the respect and admiration
ley Rosen, both of Glen Avenue. Married and par- of all who knew her. There was no dichot-
to Shmuel Spiegel and raising a beautiful ents’ medical omy in her life. She lived it following the
needs would guidelines of her father, a talmid of the
instantly find Chofetz Chaim, and the practicality and
her packing the common sense of her mother. Bais Yaa-
car and heading kov of Baltimore was her cocoon.
south. Family,
both immediate The term “heroine” is coined indis-
and extended, were criminately nowadays, but if being able
of paramount im- to combine serenity and steel in one’s
portance to her, and character, if facing a devastating illness
and nonstop pain with minimal com-
catering to their needs was never viewed plaint, if maintaining one’s dignity and
by her as an obligation, but rather as a privacy in the face of challenges can de-
privilege. fine a heroine, then Chashie Bayarasky
Spiegel surely fits into that category.
If the above description makes
Chashie sound somewhat “saintlike,” Chashie and I were friends since we
nothing could be further from the truth. were second-grade classmates in Bais
Chashie had all the qualities we like to Yaakov, and it is with profound sadness
define as “normal.” She loved to shop and gratitude that I thank the Ribono
(410) 469-1516
24 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
On July 27, 2017, the 4th of Menacham her from her roots in ued member of her shul and worried
Baltimore, but about the usual fits and turns of life. She
Av, family and friends commemorated holidays, would often become exasperated by the
the sholoshim of Chashie Bayarsky Spie- summer trivialities around her. But Chashie’s in-
gel, a”h. She was the daughter of the late vacations, nate goodness, modesty, and deep sense
Rabbi and Mrs. Abraham Bayarsky, a”h, family of responsibility to her home and her job
and the sister of Lipa Bayarsky and Shel- simchos, commanded the respect and admiration
ley Rosen, both of Glen Avenue. Married and par- of all who knew her. There was no dichot-
to Shmuel Spiegel and raising a beautiful ents’ medical omy in her life. She lived it following the
needs would guidelines of her father, a talmid of the
instantly find Chofetz Chaim, and the practicality and
her packing the common sense of her mother. Bais Yaa-
car and heading kov of Baltimore was her cocoon.
south. Family,
both immediate The term “heroine” is coined indis-
and extended, were criminately nowadays, but if being able
of paramount im- to combine serenity and steel in one’s
portance to her, and character, if facing a devastating illness
and nonstop pain with minimal com-
catering to their needs was never viewed plaint, if maintaining one’s dignity and
by her as an obligation, but rather as a privacy in the face of challenges can de-
privilege. fine a heroine, then Chashie Bayarasky
Spiegel surely fits into that category.
If the above description makes
Chashie sound somewhat “saintlike,” Chashie and I were friends since we
nothing could be further from the truth. were second-grade classmates in Bais
Chashie had all the qualities we like to Yaakov, and it is with profound sadness
define as “normal.” She loved to shop and gratitude that I thank the Ribono
(410) 469-1516
24 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
