It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Moshe Wolfson zt”l, mashgiach of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in Kensington, Brooklyn, and rov of Bais Medrash Emunas Yisroel in Boro park. He was 99.
Rav Wolfson collapsed on Motzoei Shabbos and was taken to the hospital, where he passed away.
Rav Wolfson was a close talmid of Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas.
He began his journey in the world of chinuch and harbotzas haTorah in 1943 with Aish Dos, an innovative program devised by Rav Mendlowitz to train mechanchim for yeshivos and day schools across America.
Rav Wolfson taught at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas for many years and was appointed as mashgiach of the yeshiva in the 1960s. The appointment was made by the rosh yeshiva, Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky.
Rav Wolfson was also the rov of Camp Torah Vodaas for many years. It was there that he cultivated a devoted following of bnei Torah and bnei aliyah who later founded Beis Medrash Emunas Yisrael in Boro Park with Rav Wolfson as the mara d’asra.
Many of his Rav Wolfson’s chiddushim and hashkafos are contained in Sefer Emunas Itecha, Wellsprings of Faith, Feast of Faith, The Core of Emunah, Sacred Soil, Service of the Heart – The Beauty and Essence of Tefillah, and Flames of Faith – An Introduction to Chassidic Thought.
Levayah details will be posted once they are finalized.
{Matzav.com}
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