It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Shmuel Hechster zt”l of Ramat Eshkol, Yerushalayim. He was 103 years old.
Rav Shmuel was born in Germany, a son of Rav Shimon Hechster, and he lived through the harrowing events of the Holocaust.
He immigrated to Eretz Yisroel, established a home, and merited to raise an outstanding family. His son is Rav Reuven Hechster, mashgiach of the Mir Yeshiva in Brachfeld.
Rav Shmuel enjoyed an extraordinarily long and fruitful life, characterized by wisdom and insight.
He was a close friend of the Ponovezh rosh yeshiva, Rav Gershon Edelstein.
The levayah was held last night from the Sanhedria funeral home in Yerushalayim.
Yehi zichro boruch.
{Matzav.com Israel}