It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Mrs. Maita Rosenblum a”h.
Mrs. Rosenblum was a daughter of Rav Shraga Moshe Kalmanowitz zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn, and a granddaughter of Rav Avrohom Kalmanowitz zt”l, founding rosh yeshiva of the Mirrer Yeshiva.
She was the wife of Rav Moshe Rosenblum, a noted talmid chochom who has served as one of the senior editors for the ArtScroll Schottenstein Shas.
Rabbi and Mrs. Rosenblum initially lived in Eretz Yisroel, but subsequently moved to the United States prior to the Gulf War at the urging of Mrs. Rosenblum’s father, Rav Shraga Moshe. Mrs. Rosenblum served as an administrator at the Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn, devoting herself b’lev v’nefesh to the yeshiva in extraordinary ways.
Mrs. Rosenblum was a devoted eizer kenegdo to her illustrious husband, and a dedicated mother and bubby to her children and grandchildren. She exemplified the traits of the Yiddishe mammeh of old, serving as a sterling role model to her family and anyone she encountered.
Mrs. Rosenblum sustained the passing of her beloved son, Yisroel Elchonon (Sruly) z”l in 2010, but with unwavering emunah and bitachon, she always spoke of the chesed of the Ribono Shel Olam.
Mrs. Rosenblum is survived by her husband, Rav Moshe; her mother, Rebbetzin Malka Kalmanowitz; and her children, R’ Avrohom Meir, R’ Eliyahu, R’ Aharon Leib, R’ Yaakov Yeshaya, R’ Boruch Dov, R’ Yossi, Mrs. Dassy Keller and Mrs. Rochel Wegh; and many grandchildren.
The levayah will be held Sunday morning, at 9:30 a.m., at the Sons of Israel Holocaust Memorial Chapel, located at 613 Ramsey Street, off of East Seventh Street in Lakewood, NJ. The levayah will continue at 12:30 p.m. at Mirrer Yeshiva, located at 1791 Ocean Parkway, at the corner of Avenue R, in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The aron will then be flown to Eretz Yisroel for kevurah there.
Yehi zichro boruch.
{D. Stein-Matzav.com Newscenter}