Stern College for Women - Kochaviah Yearbook (New York, NY)

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n p On May 12 Yeshiva College ' s Commentator printed a beautiful poem in memory of our dear friend Scott Satran. With Jakob Goldstein ' s permission, we have reprinted it so we can remember what a good and loving friend Scott was to us all. Hello Ball! I can hear him now, standing up in the Queens College Cafeteria doing his best Ed Norton. This is just one of the many ways I remember my friend. Scott Satran, the bravest person I have ever met, lost his battle to cancer on March 25th. If the cure for cancer was sheer guts and strength, not only would Scott have won, but he would have had enough left over for every cancer patient in the world. The Satrans ' relationship with each other is a very rare occurrence. I ' ve never seen a boy who loved his family quite as much as Scott, and I ' ve never seen a family love back, quite like the Satrans did. Anyone who knows them, knows exactly what I mean when I say they deserved one another. So Wednesday night (actually early morning), I found myself sitting in the near empty Beis Midrash, wondering what Scott was doing now. I think we all knew that Scott was on such a level that he went straight to heaven, but I was curious as to what was happening there. So in my mind, I traveled up to heaven, and with the help of Hashem, this is what I saw. The Trumpets were blown and the lights had turned bright it was like no other time up in heaven that night The word spread quickly and soon everyone knew it had finally come it was finally true It was heard by the sun and the stars and the moon that the miracle boy would be arriving here soon Then the voice heard throughout shook the walls and the floor it was the voice of Hashem that made the thunderous roar He will be here tonight so let us prepare because time ' s running short we ' ve not a moment to spare And so all of the angels began to move fast for they knew that tonight was to be a big blast And they all worked so hard because never before had a boy such as this ever walked through that door And so now it was time for this boy to appear this brave, fearless boy whom the world held so dear Then the moment had come with not a voice to be heard all noise had vanished not a sound, not a word Than all of a sudden the door moved ajar and if you looked really hard you could see from afar. For what appeared to be small just continued to grow and in just a few moments we would finally know Just who was this boy of just twenty years who created on earth an ocean of tears And then in a flash he came into sight and as he stepped through the door the room filled with light And behold there he stood with a smile so wide that the hidden elation we could no longer hide The cheers burst out as did dancing and song he had finally come for the wait was so long He was lifted up high and carried atop with the cheers growing louder it seemed it never would stop And then all of a sudden the angels divided and an aisle of angels for Scott, was provided All at once it grew silent as he started his stride towards the throne of Hashem where his destiny lied He ascended the steps and for the first time we ' ve known a miraculous sight; Hashem arose from his throne Then all throughout heaven the voice of Hashem could be heard it was gentle and soft as he spoke every word I am proud to announce and I ' m happy to say that our newest of angels has come here today And they ' ll know throughout heaven and they ' ll know throughout earth that this day of the angels was the day of your birth So from now till forever I would like to declare that The Angel of Courage shall be the title you wear And now you ' ll be given I will not take credit for this poem, I will only acknowledge the fact that through this poem, Hashem used e as a Shaliach, to grant Scott, the Angel of Courage, his wish. With Love Jakob Goldstein any wish you desire and this wish shall be granted no matter what it requires Then everything stopped and as heaven grew still he stated his wish which Hashem would fulfill If there could just be a way from way up here above to send down a message for my family I love I would like them to know that I ' m happy up here I now live with Hashem so you have nothing to fear I am perfectly fine so please no more tears and for now just remember our memory years For I ' ll see you again and it won ' t be too long the Mashiach will come so you have to stay strong And I ' d like you to know our times I will treasure oh I miss you so much I will love you forever So as he looked down from heaven in a moment he knew for the Angel of Courage saw his wish had come true 27