YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Hagaon Harav Shlomo Elazar Wulliger zt”l. He was 81 years old. Rav Elazar Wulliger was the youngest son of the illustrious Rabbi Mordechai Wulliger zt”l. The Rov was born in the Lower East Side in 1939. He learned in Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, and was the youngest musmach of the Yeshiva at that time. He began his leadership as a Rov at the early age of 21 in Tuscon, Arizona. To meet the needs of the community he started a Talmud Torah and became a mohel. From there, he served as Rov in Los Angeles, the Bronx, and Canarsie. In 1984, he started a Bais Medrash in Boro Park on 19th Avenue. The shul quickly became a Makom Torah for the neighborhood.

A 16-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was struck by a vehicle in Flatbush, Sunday afternoon. It happened at the intersection of 18th Avenue and Ocean Parkway, when the boy who was riding his bike was struck by the vehicle. Hatzolah as well as EMS responded, and transported the boy to Methodist Hospital in critical condition. His name for Tehillim we are told is Yaakov ben Chava Adina. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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A slight dip in new coronavirus deaths in New York over the last 24 hours may be a slight glimmer of hope that the spread is slowing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday as overall fatalities in the state climbed to nearly 4,200. Cuomo said it was too soon to determine whether the pandemic had reached its apex. “We could either be very near the apex, or the apex could be a plateau and we could be on the plateau right now,” Cuomo said. The state reported 594 new coronavirus deaths on Sunday — a small decrease compared to the 630 new fatalities announced the day before. ICU admissions and intubations were also down, the governor said, while the discharge rate from hospitals was rising.

Harav Ben Tzion Coopertstock, zt’l, known as the “Abba of Meron” for his constant and continuous chessed throughout the year, day and night, to the kever of the Rashbi and other sites and providing hundreds of thousands of mispallelim at Meron with food and drink was Israel’s 46th victim of the coronavirus. Harav Ben Tzion, 63, a resident of Jerusalem and the head of the organization “Hilula D’Rashbi, was brought to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem when he collapsed and he subsequently tested positive for the coronavirus. His condition quickly deteriorated and he passed away overnight Motzei Shabbos. Harav Tzion was moser nefesh for the kever of Rav Shimon Bar Yochai and fulfilled all the needs of hundreds of thousands of mispallelim at Meron for decades.

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)

There are 7,851 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Israel as of Motzei Shabbos, the Health Ministry announced, an increase of 423 cases in 24 hours. There are 126 patients in serious condition, of which 108 are sedated and hooked up to a ventilator. Following the most deadly day in Israel since the coronavirus crisis began, when 10 people died on Thursday, another 8 people died over the weekend. Two of the fatalities over the weekend were from the same nursing home, Mishan in Be’er Sheva, raising the number of fatalities in the facility to five. There have also been four fatalities at the Migdal Nofim nursing home in Jerusalem.

With coronavirus deaths surging in New York, the governor announced Friday he will use his authority to seize ventilators and protective gear from private hospitals and companies that aren’t using them, complaining that states are competing against each other for vital equipment in eBay-like bidding wars. “If they want to sue me for borrowing their excess ventilators to save lives, let them sue me,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. He added that he will eventually return the equipment or compensate the owners. The executive order he said he would sign represents one of the most aggressive efforts yet in the U.S.

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 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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