It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of R’ Chaim Tzvi Hershy Treitel z”l of Flatbush. He was 70 years old.
R’ Chaim Tzvi was born in Eretz Yisroel on the 16th of Elul in 1954 to his father, R’ Mordechai Yitzchok Treitel, and his mother, Rebbetzin Chana.
He married the daughter of R’ Yisroel Shimon Kirshenbaum and was a grandson of the mekubal and Breslover mashpia R’ Binyomin Zev (Velvel) Cheshen.
Those who knew R’ Chaim Tzvi describe him as a man of grace, dignity, and warmth, a person beloved by all who encountered him. His home was a haven of hospitality, always open to guests. He personified compassion and kindness, always pursuing acts of tzedakah and chesed.
He made his livelihood through his air conditioning business, conducting his work with honesty and integrity, always viewing his profession as secondary to his mission in life.
Every year, he made the journey to Uman for Rosh Hashanah to spend the Yomim Nora’im near the kever of Reb Nachman of Breslov zt”l. On those days, he would sit in the kloiz beside his uncle, the renowned gaon Rav Tzvi Cheshen.
The levayah took place this morning at Shomrei Hadas Chapels in Boro Park, Brooklyn. Kevurah followed at the Moses Mt. Hope Cemetery in Long Island.
Yehi zichro boruch.
{Matzav.com}