It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Mrs. Keila Blank a”h.
Mrs. Blank was the wife of Rabbi Yehuda (Leonard) Blank, director of the Chaplancy Commission and External Affairs, Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim.
Mrs. Blank was a special woman whose chesed and selflessness touched many people. She assisted a number of organizations, including Chasdei Lev, whose growth and expansion were important to her.
She is survived by her husband, Rabbi Balnk; her children, Naftali, Shmuel Dovid and Rafael Miller; and her stepchildren, Chaya Ettel Wilks, Esther Kaplan, Tzivia Silverstein and Aryeh Blank.
The levayah will take place today at Wellwood Cemetery at noon.
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Yehi zichrah boruch.
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bde am eisha chashuva ad meod and an extraordinary mother. a true aishes chayil in every respect. may her chashuver family find true solace being secure in the fact she will iyH be a melitzah yeshara not only for her family but for klal yisroel.
She was truly a special person who was constantly on the alert for new ways to instill the love and joy of Yiddishkeit into her children. Her children grew up with a tremendous respect for their Rebbeim to the extent that they founded the organization Chasdei Lev which every rebbe can attest treats the rebbeim with the ultimate in kovod.