BORO PARK: Levaya of Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Sorscher Z”L
We regret to inform you of the passing of Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Sorscher who was niftar in middle of the night Wednesday. Rabbi Sorscher was the first executive director of Yesha Derech Chaim, founded by...
View ArticleBDE: Tragic Boating Accident Claims Life of Reb Menachem Mendel Braun Z”L
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Menachem Mendel Braun, Z”L, who tragically lost his life following a boating incident. He was the husband of Mrs. Chaya Braun and the loving son of Rabbi...
View ArticleFLATBUSH: Levaya of Reb Yossi Taub Z”L
YWN regrets to inform you of the petira of Rabbi Yossi Taub Z”L, a longtime resident of Flatbush. The Niftar was a noted Talmud Chochom and Baal Mechaber of Dorshei Reshumos. He was an Einikle of Rav...
View ArticleTRAGEDY IN MONSEY: Sudden Petira Of Reb Hershy Gross Z”L In Eretz Yisroel
Tragedy has struck the Monsey community with the heartbreaking Petira of Reb Hershy Gross Z”L on Wednesday morning, two days after collapsing in Ben-Gurion Airport upon his arrival in the country. The...
View ArticleTRAGEDY IN UMAN: Father Collapses In Front Of His Children, Passes Away
A tragic incident occurred in Uman on the second day of Rosh Hashanah when an Israeli man from the southern Israeli city of Netivot collapsed and passed away shortly later. David Mirilashvili, z’l, 55,...
View ArticleBDE: The Son Of HaRav Gershon, Z’tl: HaGaon HaRav Betzalel Edelstein, Ztl, Is...
HaGaon HaRav Betzalel Edelstein, zt’l, Rosh Yeshivas Ahavas Aharon, was niftar in Bnei Brak overnight Motzei Shabbos, the first day of Chol Hamoed, at the age of 68. HaRav Betzalel, z’tl, was the...
View ArticleBORUCH DAYAN HAEMMES: HAGAON HARAV BORUCH MORDECHAI EZRACHI ZT”L
YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Rosh Yeshivas Ateres Yisrael and Zakein Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, Hagaon HaRav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi Zt”l, at the age of 94. HaRav Ezrachi has been ill and...
View ArticleBD”E: Petirah of Legendary Jewish Music Producer Sheya Mendlowitz Z”L
YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of R’ Sheya Mendlowitz, a music producer whose work heavily influenced the landscape of frum, bataamte music for four decades. He was in his 61. A trailblazer...
View ArticleBDE: Petira of HaRav Gershon Neumann ZT’L, Rosh Yeshiva of Linden
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Gershon Neumann zt”l, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Leyma of Linden. He was 77. The Levaya is scheduled to take place at 10:30AM Tuesday...
View ArticleLevaya of Vishnitzer Dayan Of Monsey, HaRav Avrohom Nissan Neiman ZT”L
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Avrohom Nissan Neiman ZT”L, the Dayan in the Vishnitzer Kehillah in Monsey. He was 92. Monsey Scoop reports that the Niftar had attended a Sheva Brachos...
View ArticleBORO PARK: Levaya of Reb Aryeh (Leibel) Rubin Z”L, Pillar Of Chesed
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Aryeh (Leibel) Rubin, z”l of Boro Park. He was 73. The Niftar was one of the most prominent members of the Bobover Kehilla in Boro Park, and a major...
View ArticleTragedy In Israel: Yeshivah Bochur Killed On Way Back From Hillula For Baba Sali
A devastating car accident occurred early Sunday morning when a car crashed into another car parked on the side of the highway at the Yad Mordechai junction. The accident occurred as the passengers...
View ArticleLevaya of HaRav Zevulun Charlop Z’tl
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rav Zevulun Charlop zt”l, menahel emeritus of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon. He was 93. Rav Charlop dedicated many years to serving as the Rov of the...
View ArticleTRAGEDY IN FLATBUSH: Infant Suffers Fatal Burns After Steam Radiator Explodes
A terrible tragedy occurred in Flatbush early Friday morning, when an infant was Niftar after being seriously burned. Sources tell YWN that FDNY, EMS, and Flatbush Hatzolah were all called to an...
View ArticleDOUBLE TRAGEDY IN BORO PARK: Levaya Of Rabbi And Mrs Yaakov And Rochel...
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rabbi and Mrs Yaakov and Rachel Sperber Z”L, who were Niftar in a tragic incident on Shabbos afternoon at their home in Boro Park. They were both 75. The...
View ArticleBD”E: Petirah Of Bais Mattisyahu Rosh Yeshiva Harav Baruch Weisbecker ZT”L
YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of HaRav Baruch Weisbecker zt”l, the rosh yeshiva of Bais Mattisyahu in Bnei Brak and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah of Degel Hatorah in Eretz Yisroel....
View ArticleBD”E: Petira of The Seagate Rov, HaRav Yekusiel Yehuda Meisels ZT”L
YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Rav Yekusiel Yehuda Meisels zt”l, the longtime Rav in Seagate, who was niftar at Maimonides Medical Center on Sunday night at the age of 95. Rav Yekusiel...
View ArticleBDE: Yisrael Eliyahu Suissa, Z’L, Lone Soldier From Canada Killed In Accident...
A terrible tragedy occurred in Israel overnight Tuesday when Yisroel Eliyahu Suissa, z’l, a 21-year-old Lubavitcher chassid from Montreal, Canada who was serving as a lone soldier in the IDF was killed...
View ArticleTRAGEDY: Sole Survivor Of Horrific 2001 Grand Canyon Chopper Crash Is Niftar
The sole survivor of the horrific 2001 helicopter crash which shook the Orthodox Jewish community to its core, was sadly Niftar on Motzei Shabbos. Mrs. Chana Daskal A”H, a resident of Seagate, NY,...
View ArticleTRAGEDY: Monsey Woman R”L Killed In Horrific Friday Afternoon Crash Near...
Tragedy struck the Monsey community on Friday when a Jewish family headed to Scranton, Pennsylvania, for Shabbos was involved in a deadly single-vehicle accident on the I-84. According to police,...
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