He is survived by his wife Riva (nee Shimonovitch) and children Levi Mochkin – Melbourne, Australia, Yossel Mochkin – Crown Heights, Shimon Mochkin – Crown Heights, Mendel Mochkin – Crown Heights, Rochel Kaplan – Montreal, Canada, Feigy Fellig – Miami Beach, FL and Lyeneh Cohen – New Jersey.
He is survived by his siblings Rabbi Berel Mochkin – Montreal, Canada, and Mrs. Gutke Shapiro – Crown Heights.
The family will be sitting Shiva at 623 Empire Blvd. Davening times: Shachris 6:45, 8:30 & 9:30 AM. Mincha maariv bizmana.
Email for Shiva condolences [email protected]. The family requests to submit any stories and memories.
Lubavitch would not look the same without him… Bdh
Reb leibel A”h together with his brothers muleh and yossel A”h were powerhouses that saved lubavitch from the communist Russia. Alot of us owe our lives to them.
With this we end a generation of alot of amazing people.
Zolen zei zein guteh betters, and fight like they knew how to do, to bring moshiach.
While it may be important when someone dies, to denote the accomplishments a person did when he was alive, I think it even more important to let the person know during his lifetime of your appreciation and acknowledgement of his accomplishments. So, in the spirit of HaChai Yitten El Libo, may we all habitually thank and honor the people in our lives whose action we value, when they are alive and to their face.
So true! Better to hug or kiss a real cheek than hug or kiss a Matzeiva!