I grew up in Yonkers, NY. In the 90's, my parents decided it would be best to send me to a Jewish Day School, but they wanted me to stay close to home. 

I was so blessed to go to Stein Yeshiva in Yonkers from 3 years old, all the way through 6th grade. 

Even when my family moved to Queens in 1998, my mother quit her job at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in the Bronx and started teaching at my school, so my brother and I could still attend Stein Yeshiva in Yonkers. 

These were undoubtedly the best years of my childhood. Stein Yeshiva was a small school. Kids came from different towns and religious backgrounds, but we really were a family. 

Two days ago, I got the sad news, that the mother of this very special family, had passed away. 

Today, I helped bury Mrs. Barbara Gabin - My longtime teacher and my mother's good friend and colleague. 

Mrs. Gabin or "Morah Gabin" was the most dedicated teacher I've ever had. She didn't just teach, her classes were a performance. It seemed like every lesson she taught had a rhyme and dance to it.

As a little boy, I remember Morah Gabin marching my class down the hallways, chanting and singing our multiplication tables. 

As I got older, I began struggling with my focus (before I was diagnosed with ADHD). Morah Gabin gave me advice that I would use throughout my schooling career. She instructed me to place my hands upwards, at the sides of my face, as a mechanism to focus my sight towards my desk... Since that day, I've continually used this physical prompt when taking any test - HSPA's, SAT's, Drivers Test (written one lol), College Exams, Praxis Tests, you name it.

At Stein Yeshiva, our days were broken down into two sections: In the morning, we would have a Rabbi who taught the Judaic studies and in the afternoon, we would have a teacher who taught secular studies. 

In 6th grade, my last year at Stein Yeshiva, I had Morah Gabin as my secular studies teacher. On the first day of school, I was in the back of class, being a cla

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Barbara Gabin

February 19, 1954 – December 3, 2019

Riverside Memorial Chapel - Hawthorne

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