Hespeidim will be held this evening to mark the Shloshim of Mrs. Dina Brody A’H – the Menaheles of Beis Rivka Rochel girls school who was Nifteres a month ago at approximately 50 years old.
The Hespedim will take place at the Cheder Bnei Torah Gym on 5th Street, at 8:30 PM.
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Mrs. Brody would shudder; the correct form of the verb is NIFTARAH, not NIFTERES. She is the Nifteres.
If you say “was”
Then it is niftar even for
A woman
The heh implies “was” for a female