The president thanked the scientists, saying: 'I know Nechama would be delighted that there is a new, native grape variety which is so delicious and bears her name.'

'The entire country loves you,' said Israel's President Reuven Rivlin as First Lady Nechama Rivlin was laid to rest at Mount Herzl cemetery.

After Israel's First Lady Nechama Rivlin passed away on Monday, inspiring stories of President Reuven Rivlin's devotion to his late wife warmed the hearts of Israelis throughout the land.

The president of Israel's wife, Nechama Rivlin, passed away Tuesday morning.

After a long waiting period, FIrst Lady Nechama Rivlin received a lung from 19-year-old Yair Yechezkel Halbali, whose family donated his organs after he drowned.