YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Kozlover Rebbe, HaRav Meir Rokeach ZATZA on Motzei Shabbos. He was 78. The Rebbe was a renowned Talmid Chochom and Posek in Boro Park, and was a son of the previous Kozlover Rebbe, HaRav Moshe Rokeach ZATZAL, and succeeded him as Rebbe. He was a son-in-law of the famed Gaon and Tzaddik, HaRav Simcha Bunim Grunberger ZATZAL, the Rov of Pressburg – the Chasam Sofer Shul in Washington Heights. He is survived by his Rebbitzin and large family. The Levaya will be held on Sunday morning at 11:00AM in front of the Kozlover Bais Medrash. Corner 55th St and 12th Avenue. Boruch Dayan HaEmmes… (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Dovid Olewski ZATZAL, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Gerrer Yeshiva in Boro Park, Brooklyn. He was in his 70’s. The Rosh Yeshiva was a tremendous Talmid Chochom and Gaon and one of the most Choshuva Rabbonim in the Gerrer Chassidus, serving at the Rosh Yeshiva in the Gerrer Yeshiva in Boro Park for decades. First at Mesivta Bais Yisroel and later at the Yeshiva Gedolah. He was a powerful speaker, delivering Drashos at many major Asifas in the United States, as well as big functions in the Gerrer Chassidus. Additional information and Levaya details will be published when available. Boruch Dayan Ha’Emmes… (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

We regret to inform you of the petirah of Hagaon Harav Avraham Yaakov Littman zt’l of Monsey, NY. He was 71 years old and contracted Covid-19 two weeks ago. His condition deteriorated over the past week and he passed away early Erev Shabbos. For more than thirty years Rav Avrohom Yaakov served as a senior maggid shiur at Yeshiva Ohel Torah in Monsey where he was renowned as a singularly outstanding lamdan and gaon ba’Torah who influenced many hundreds of talmidim. In his youth Rav Avraham Yaakov zt”l was a close talmid of numerous gedolei olam: Rav Mottel Weinberg zt”l, Rav Shmuel Brudny zt”l, Rav Shmuel Berenbaum zt”l and Rav Berel Soloveitchik zt”l. They all recognized his unique capacity for gadlius baTorah and all had a profound impact on Rav Avrohom Yaakov zt”l.

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rebbetzin Chaya Nechama Halbershtam A”H, wife of the Klausenberger Rebbe ZATZAL (The Shefa Chaim of Sanz). She is the mother of the Sanzer Rebbe (Netanya) and the Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe (Boro Park). She was 96. The Rebbitzen was the daughter of the Hagaon HaRav Shmuel Dovid Unger ZATZAL, the GAVAD of Nitra. The Klasuenberger Rebbe ZATZAL married the Rebbitzen in the United States when he was 41 years old, after he had lost his first wife and 11 children HY”D in the Holocaust. Among their children are the two Admorim, the Sanzer Rebbe aand the Klausenberger Rebbe. Boruch Dayan HaEmmes… (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Matis Blum of Queens. Rav Blum was the Rov of Cong. Torah Lodaas in Queens, and taught thousands of Frum girls over the years at various girls schools in Brooklyn and Queens. He wrote and disseminated weekly Divrei Torah called “Torah Lodaas”, which was distributed to hundreds of Shuls and Batei Midrashim for nearly 40 years. He eventually put all those writings into well-known Seforim. Boruch Dayan HaEmmes… (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Aharon Walkin ZATZAL. He was 54. The Niftar suffered from COVID-19 and was Niftar at his home tonight. The Niftar was a massive Talmid Chochom and a Rov in a Shul in Lakewood, and was the Rosh Yeshiva of Ohel Simcha Queens. Additional information […]
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YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Avrohom Aharon Rubashkin Z”L from COVID-19. He was 92. The Niftar was born in the 1920’s in the Russian town Nevel in the former Soviet Union. He is the son of Reb Getzel and Rosa Lubavicher Chasidim, who raised their two sons and daughters as […]
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YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Mendel Margolis ZATZAL. He was 65. Rav Margolis was the Sgan Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Temimah in Flatbush for the past 35 years. The Niftar is a nephew of the Beirach Moshe of Satmar ZATZAL. Additional information will be published when available. Boruch […]
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YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Dayan Osher Yaakov Westheim ZATZAL of Manchester, UK. He was in his 70’s. Rav Osher Yaakov Westheim was born in Gateshead, England and learned in the Gateshead Yeshiva and in Yeshiva Be’er Yaakov in Eretz Yisroel. He went to Manchester Kollel in 1968, and received Semicha […]
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YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Yoka Rov, Hagaon HaRav Shlomo Tzvi Kenig ZATZAL of Boro Park. He was 73. Additional details will be published when they become available to us. Boruch Dayan HaEmmes..
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