![]() “For dust you are, and to dust you will return,” G‑d told Adam, the first human being. The importance of a proper burial in Jewish law and tradition cannot be underestimated. 17 at age 86, was Siegel’s eldest daughter. “We have a historic Jewish cemetery here it seemed like a way of completing the circle.” “At that point, I suggested that we bury her here in Las Vegas,” says Harlig, who with his wife, Chaya, directs Chabad of Green Valley in Henderson, Nev. The man has become a legend in the more than half-century since then gallons of ink have been spilled reviling or glamorizing him, attributing both real and imagined illegal acts to the crime boss. He was killed in a gangland hit on June 20, 1947, in Beverly Hills, Calif., a murder that has never been solved. ![]() For all the good, the bad and the ugly, Bugsy is the reason Vegas looks as it does today, simultaneously an oasis and a mirage sparkling in Nevada’s desert sun. 17 at the age of 86, was the eldest daughter of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, the charming and notorious Jewish mob figure widely recognized as the visionary behind modern Las Vegas. The rabbi immediately offered to find the funds to have Millicent buried according to Jewish law, explaining how important a proper burial is for the soul of the deceased.ĭuring their discussion, Wendy Rosen mentioned her family’s long history in Las Vegas. ![]() Shipping a body was expensive this seemed the easiest solution. “I said that due to economic reasons, we were choosing cremation, and then she would be interred at our family mausoleum in New York,” says Rosen’s daughter, Wendy. Before leaving, as he always does, the rabbi inquired about the funeral plans. He helped her recite the prayers for one’s final moments, which concludes with the Shema, Judaism’s central prayer. There, he met the woman, Millicent Rosen, and her family. This time, a family he did not know had requested a rabbi, and Compassion Care Hospice had called him. Harlig, a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi, regularly visits Jewish patients in municipal hospitals and hospices. Despite the glitz and glimmer that draws people to the desert city-and the grimy edge that sometimes keeps them there for good-Las Vegas is a big place, home to real people with real (and regular) lives, and Rabbi Mendy Harlig was on his way last week to do what rabbis often do: meet with a Jewish woman breathing her last. The rabbi thought nothing of the Flamingo Hotel as he passed it on his way to a Las Vegas area hospice.
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