BDE: R’ Moshe Dovid Kish, longtime paramedic and ba’al Chessed

We are saddened to inform you of the petirah of R’ Moshe Dovid Kish,  Z"L. longtime paramedic and member of Hatzolah. 

He was niftar at the untimely age of 49, having heroically battled the dreaded machla for close to a decade. “His diagnosis was dire from the beginning, and his survival through this time was a miracle,” relates a close friend, who is still in need of a refuah sheleimah from a similar form of the disease. 

Among his other chassodim, he continued to go on Hatzolah calls, until he could no longer physically do so. 

“Especially during this time, we saw that he wasn’t clawing to survive for himself; but for others. Through the worst times, and the most dire prognosis, he was focused on being there for others. He refused to contemplate or hear about negativity. He was filled with humor and positivity. And he used that—along with his incredibly dedicated eishes chayil, Mrs. Devoiry Kish, who stood by him through thick and thin—to he mechazek others. He called to check in on me only a few weeks ago,” he added. 

His passing is a shattering loss not only for his family, but for the innumerable people whom he strengthened as they navigated their own pain and suffering. 

One person who observed him on a number of occasions at a Shabbos away noted: “When he wasn’t helping people, he was busy learning.” 

The Chessed that Reb Moshe Dovid has accomplished in his short time on this earth is mind-boggling, but the inspiration that he leaves behind; a yungerman who was chosen for yisurim, and accepted them with a whole heart, with humor, with ironclad emunah, and was a shining beacon to all those around him, will remain in their hearts forever. 

The levaya will take place at Yeshiva Ch’san Sofer, 1876 50th street—where the niftar and his family were lifelong talmidim— at 1:00 pm. 

Yehi Zichro Baruch.