Funeral Details

Ellie Lavi and family,.I am so sorry to hear about your dear father BDE. Ellie ,I remember you from many years ago.
May Hashem comfort all tour family and you amongst all the other mourners of Jerusalem.

Edith Aranoff

Gidon has always been a charming person with stand up convictions. May his Family be Blessed with his Loving Memories,

SANDER and FERNE BERMAN

Gideon was a special friend of yaakov a’h and me. Over the years we shared many life events with Gideon and Roberta, including Gideon׳s 80th birthday. His life story was incredibly inspiring. And his talent as a chazan was a love he shared w the Jewish people.
Just this year although his speech was compromised Gideon could still sing an amazing Kedusha with his all his soul
His memory will be blessing

Judy Rajchenbach

It is with great sadness that i hear of the passing of your wonderful father and husband, who was a tremendous friend to our family for many many years. May Hakadosh Barush Hu send his brachot to the entire family and to you roberta, my dear friend.
With love , your very very old friend , sandy schur

Sandy Schur

Zekher tzadik livrakha. Gidon was a friend of many years, a gentleman and supporter of all things Jewish. May you find comfort in memories and the support of friends and community.

Deborah and Alberto Mizrahi

Hazzan Alberto and Deborah Mizrahi

My deepest condolences, to the Gidon Lavi, family.
Mr Gidon Lavi,was a wonderful person to work with at the Chucago Board Of Trade. The tears are of wonderful memories of Mr Gidon Lavi, Pat Brada, the associates working together.. prayers from Lakewood New Jersey.


Sincerely
Evangelina Liceaga

Evangelina Liceaga

Cantor Lavi was my Bar Mitzvah tutor for my simcha on 11/2/1970. He pushed me to lead Shacharit and set me on my path in the Jewish world.

May his memory be for a blessing.

Chuck Kahalnik

Gidon was a very nice man. I very much enjoyed his company. I am deeply sadded by his passing.
Rest in peace, my dear friemd.

Esahr Pildis

My thoughts are with you at this difficult time, I send you my warmest hugs and my condolences. From all my heart, grom the family in Israel, Ami, Itamar, Benyamin and Noa

Noah Rachel Rosenthal

The eulogies were beautiful and heartbreaking, a fitting tribute to a truly unique and rare kind of human being. We will always be grateful for Gidon’s generosity in singing at our wedding, and for all of the laughs and wonderful conversations we had over the years. He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him. Sending our deepest condolences. May his memory always be for a blessing.

Kelly and David Victor

May their memory be a blessing (Zichrana Livracha):



Sincerely
Evangelina Liceaga

Evangelina Liceaga

Hi
I attended the guneral livestream from Tel Aviv Isreal
it was very moving with the words of Ellie the daughter the two granddaughters.We the family in Israel will miss Gideon a lot
Neria livne

נריה ליבנה

Dear Roberta and daughters,
It was so sad to hear of Gidon's passing.
Since arriving in Chicago 44 years ago,, I could count on Gidon as a chever, a man of sincerity. In those early years we spoke daily about shul life,family, his upbringing in Israel
and life in Chicago.Ttwenty four years ago when we relocated to Florida, Gikdon and I remained in contact.
When I returned to Chicago on business, we would meet on Sunday mornings for bagels and cream cheese He would always ask me for a critique of the Hazzan I had heard on Shabbat. That's the love he had for Hazzanut.
I will always admire him as a devoted family man, a role model. During our last conversation right before Pesach, and with his diminished voice, he said he valued our friendship. We will miss him. May his memory be for a blessing.
Tom and Lois

Hazzan Thomas and Lois Berkson

Gideon was my beloved uncle. When I was a child, he often came to visit our family in Tel Aviv. I was always so happy to know he was coming, and I enjoyed the time we spent together while he stayed with us at home.
I especially remember our walks together through the streets of Tel Aviv, the neighborhoods of his childhood, wandering through Carmel Market, and eating Yemenite soup in Kerem HaTeimanim. It was through him that I came to know that place, and I always loved sitting there with him, listening to his stories about his childhood years in old Tel Aviv. I also have warm memories of my visit to Chicago in 2005.
In recent years, we stayed in touch by phone, and I had the privilege of witnessing how he fought like a true fighter, even as his health declined. He was a wonderful uncle to me. He had a way of passing on a kind of street wisdom. A special man whom I will miss greatly.

ILAN LIVNE