It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rav Yitzchok Meir Brim z”l, one of the elder and most respected members of the Boyan-Ruzhin chassidus in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of Yerushalayim. He was 84 years old.
Born in Eretz Yisroel, Rav Yitzchok Meir was the son of Rav Yehoshua Heschel Brim, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Tiferes Yisroel—Ruzhin-Boyan, and Rebbetzin Rivkah.
Rav Yitzchok Meir was a staunch chossid of Boyan, deeply connected with the Rebbe as well as his brothers-in-law, the Rebbes of Bohush and Vasloi, with whom he shared a close kesher.
After marrying a daughter of Rav Chaim Uri Rosenberg, he built a home firmly rooted in Torah and chassidus.
A true osek baTorah, Rav Yitzchok Meir would leave his home in Ramat Shlomo daily to learn at the Drohobitch beis medrash on Rechov Malchei Yisroel, where he immersed himself in limud haTorah.
He leaves behind a beautiful legacy of Torah and chesed, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren continuing on his path.
Rav Yitzchok Meir’s brothers predeceased him: Rav Elazar Aharon Brim, who composed the well-known niggun “Yeiraeh El Avadecha,” sung annually on Lag Ba’omer at the Boyan hadlakah, and Rav Yisroel Brim, a distinguished member of the Boyan kehillah in Beitar Illit.
Just six months ago, Rav Yitzchok Meir performed the rare mitzvah of chalitzah on his sister-in-law, the widow of his brother Rav Elazar Aharon, who passed away without children.
The levayah is being held tonight at the Shamgar Funeral Home in Yerushalayim, followed by kevurah of Har Hamenuchos.
The family will be sitting shivah at his home, located at 75 Rechov Rav Druk in Ramat Shlomo, Yerushalayim.
Yehi zichro boruch.
{Matzav.com Israel}