Nachman lost his battle against cancer at 5:59 pm on July 28th, 1977.
Around his bed stood his family, his close friend Simon Chilewich, and his doctor Joe Wilder - Chief Surgeon in Joint Deseases Hospital in New York.

Smadar, Yasmin and I took him back home to Israel, on August 1st. A ceremony was held in Kennedy Airport synagogue.

He is buried in Kefar Malal cemetery, where his parents, Rachel and Dov Kaplansky, his uncle and aunt Sara and Yaacov Neria, and his adored grandfather Noah Kawkewitch (Neria) were buried before him.
In the red-brown and fertile earth of the Sharon Valley, among the orchard trees, that he loved so much, there my only love lies forever...

Throughout his illness in New York, friends tried to talk him into writing his memories. He declined, saying: people only write at the end of their lives. His friend Eli Wiesel, finally convinced him to write at least episodes and anecdotes from his rich life.
He dictated them to me, but even then he did not use the first person, refering to himself only as "the young man". 
I think he would have approved of a website.         
                                                                   THIRTY YEARS SINCE NACHMAN  LEFT  US

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