YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi Zt”l. He was 94. Rav Ezrachi was a Magid Shiur for over 60 years in Yeshiva Kfar Chassidim, in Chevron Yeshiva and later the Rosh Yeshiva of Ateres Yisrael in Bayit Vegan in Yerushalayim, and a member of the Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael of Degel Hatorah. He had been hospitalized the past few months, and was recently on a respirator. He was a tremendous Gaon and wrote many Seforim on Torah, Gemara, Halacha, and Machshava, called Birkas Mordechai (ברכת מרדכי‎). His wife, Rebbetzin Shulamis Ezrachi A”H, was Niftar in December of 2022. She was a daughter of the famed Chevron mashgiach HaRav Meir Chodosh Zt”l. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY Boruch Dayan HaEmmes… (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)