Goodbye to a Minyan-Goer

Goodbye is the hardest word...

Congregants of Young Israel of Tucson will be wishing farewell to Benny Eini, a friend and devoted minyan-goer over the past decade, upon his move to Israel.

Eini has been a staple at the shul on E 4th Street, attending services 3 times a day during weekdays and joining in community functions.

He moved to Tucson with his wife Yosefa some 12 years ago. His sister Leah Kovitz headed the skin care department at Canyon Ranch and runs today New Image By Leah.

Their father came to Israel from Iraq as an 11-year-old and mother travelled to the Holy Land as a little girl from Bombay, India, by way of Persia and Iraq.

In Tucson, Bennny found work as a resourceful handyman and says he felt welcomed by the local Jewish community. He has been coming to Young Israel, led by Rabbi Yossie Shemtov and Chabad on River, directed by Rabbi Ram Bigelman.

A light farewell meal will be held in his honor, in merit of his wife's recovery and in memory of his mother's yahrzeit on Monday, August 27, after Mincha and Maariv services at 6:45 PM.