It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Mrs. Bracha Biegeleisen a”h of Boro Park. She was 87.
Mrs. Biegeleisen was the wife of Reb Moshe Biegeleisen, proprietor of the famed J. Biegeleisen Seforim Store, a Boro Park icon.
The levayah is being held now at Shomrei Hadas Chapels, located at 3803 14th Avenue in Brooklyn, NY.
Yehi zichrah boruch.
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Upon the shloshim of Maran Rav Gershon Edelstein zt”l, Rav Eliezer Kahaneman, nosi of the Ponovezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, has announced that Rav Edelstein’s son-in-law, Rav Dovid Levi, will continue the path of his esteemed father-in-law and serve as a rosh yeshiva at Ponovezh.
During the past week, Rav Kahaneman had prolonged discussions and consultations at the residence of the Ponovezh rosh yeshiva, Rav Berel Povarsky. They discussed matters concerning the yeshiva and its leadership following the passing of Rav Edelstein. With the blessings of Rav Povarsky, the announcement of Rav Levi as the new rosh yeshiva was made.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rabbi Yosef Mitnick z”l, longtime master rebbi and educator from Brooklyn, NY.
The levayah will be held today at 2 p.m. at Shomrei Hadas Chapels, located at 3803 14th Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. The aron will pass Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin on Coney Island Avenue in Flatbush at 4:30 p.m. The aron will then be flown to Eretz Yisroel for kevurah on Har Hameunchos in Yerushalayim.
Rabbi Mitnick is survived by a wonderful family of bnei and bnos Torah and grandchildren and great-grandchildren following in his ways.
Yehi zichro boruch.

הגרח”י גינזבורג בביקור בישיבת פוניבז’צילום: באדיבות המצלם
 

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rebbetzin Dina Perkowski a”h.
Rebbetzin Perkowski was a daughter of Reb Yehoshua Ludmir, a noted talmid of Rav Isser Zalman Melczer.
She was the wife of Rav Yisroel Perkowski zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Bais Hatalmud.
The levayah will be held this morning, at 11 a.m., at Yeshiva Bais Hatalmud, located at 2127 82nd Street in Brooklyn, NY.
Yehi zichrah boruch.
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It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Shlomo Zalman Gertner zt”l. He was 84.
Rav Shlomo Zalman was born in Poland on the 7th of Iyar, a son of Rav Alter Dovid, and survived the Holocaust, being miraculously saved from the Nazi inferno.
Throughout his life, Rav Shlomo Zalman immersed himself in Torah study. He was one of the distinguished talmidei chachomim of Bnei Brak, always humble and never seeking honor.
Rav Shlomo Zalman was one of the venerable mispallelim at the Lederman Shul on Rechov Rachbam, the bais medrash of Rav Chaim Kanievsky.

After a prolonged hospitalization and for the first time since the beginning of this zeman, the head of the Grodno Yeshiva and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, Rav Yitzchok Hacker, arrived at his yeshiva in Bnei Brak and delivered a shiur, to the great excitement of the talmidim.
הגר”י הקר בשיעור כללי בישיבהצילום: באדיבות המצלם
 

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of the Bostoner Rebbe of Flatbush, Rav Pinchos Dovid Horowitz zt”l. He was 78.
The rebbe was a son of Rav Moshe Horowitz, Bostoner Rebbe of New York, and Rebbetzin Leah Fradil (Eichenstein) Horowitz.
The levayah will be held today at the Bostoner Bais Medrash, located at East 29th Street and Avenue J in Flatbush. The aron will then be flown to Eretz Yisroel for kevurah there.
Yehi zichro boruch.
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Yerushalayim Mayor Moshe Leon had a personal conversation with the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Rebbe. A range of topics related to Yerushalayim were discussed, with the light rail issue being prominent after a demonstration that took place this week at the rebbe’s direction.
The rebbe expressed concerns to the mayor about the impact of the light rail, and the mayor presented a series of steps that would be taken to preserve the character of the area, including dedicated stations for the chareidi sector, shading the train’s windows, and additional measures to maintain the area’s character.