
Levayah of Mrs. Leah Yocheved Singer a”h Held, Husband Recalls Premonition Dream
The levayah of Mrs. Leah Yocheved Singer a”h took place Thursday in Yerushalayim after she was killed in a tragic accident while returning from the kever of the Pele Yoetz in Bulgaria.
During the emotional hespeidim, her husband revealed that just weeks earlier, she had shared a dream in which she saw herself being killed in an accident.
Mrs. Singer, 36, was niftar on Monday, Chol Hamoed Pesach, while traveling back from the kever of the Pele Yoetz. Her aron was brought to Eretz Yisroel earlier Thursday morning on a private plane, following a complex effort led by Eli Pollak, deputy CEO of United Hatzalah, who coordinated all the necessary logistics, approvals, and arrangements.
A large crowd participated in the levayah, which began at the Shamgar Funeral Home in Yerushalayim. Rav Shimon Shisha of Yad Avraham delivered brief opening remarks, noting that the nifteres had volunteered for 12 years at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where she was involved in countless acts of chesed.
The levayah then passed by the Breslover shul on Rechov HaChoma HaShlishit, where additional hespeidim were delivered. Rav Moshe Bransdorfer, Gavad of Heichal Horaah, addressed the crowd and explained that although the month of Nissan is not a time for formal hespeidim, words meant to inspire are permitted. He described the nifteres as an extraordinary woman devoted to chesed, bringing comfort and joy to families during difficult moments in the hospital.
Her husband, Reb Chaim Singer, spoke with deep emotion and shared that in the past month, his wife had told him about a dream in which she was killed in an accident. At the time, he had dismissed it as “chalomos shav yedabeiru,” but tragically, the dream proved true. He also described how she davened daily with tears to be zocheh to children, and despite her personal struggles, she never showed pain outwardly, instead strengthening and uplifting everyone around her.
Her father, the well-known baal chesed Reb Chaim Cohen, chairman of Linas Hachesed, also delivered a powerful hesped. He noted that she was born while he was returning from the kever of the Noam Elimelech in Lizhensk, and now was niftar while returning from the kever of the Pele Yoetz—at the age of 36, the same age as the Pele Yoetz at his petirah. He urged the tzibbur to take upon themselves a kabbalah tova of achdus and to increase ahavas Yisroel for the next 40 days.
The final maspid was Rav Eliezer Berland, head of the mosdos of Shuvu Bonim, who called on those gathered to learn from the nifteres’s lifelong dedication to chesed. He said that her petirah served to sweeten harsh decrees and protect Klal Yisroel, declaring: “One can see that immediately after she passed away, the war stopped.” He urged everyone to engage in cheshbon hanefesh and to strengthen themselves, particularly in avoiding lashon hara.
Following the hespeidim, the large crowd accompanied the levayah on foot to Har HaZeisim, where she was laid to rest.