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Rabbi Binyomin Katz, 78, OBM

Rabbi Binyamin Katz, longtime Shliach in New Haven, Connecticut, passed away on Chol Hamo'ed Pesach. Full Story

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Hamakom Yinachem...
April 23, 2019 4:51 pm

BS”D

Oy, Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes…
Dear Mishpocho Katz, “Hamakom yinachem es’chem b’toch sha’ar aveilei Tziyon v’Yerushalayim!”
Our community’s rabbi was just speaking to us all about Rabbi Katz (they knew one another) at the beginning of Yuntif, what a special neshomo and great mind he was…
Wishing you comfort and strength in this time of difficulty.
Ad mosai, Hashem? How any more Batei Mikdash are to fall? Please send Moshiach now.
May your Patriarch’s Neshomo have a tremendous aliyah!

Sincerely,
A Fellow Yid in Connecticut

hes missed
April 23, 2019 5:01 pm

he was a very unique man who hhad relationships with the worlds leading talmudic scholars like rav hirshprung and rav dworkin bessides the incredible gutskite he had for people he was a complete bokie bshas

he will be missed boruch dayan emes
many chabad russian families owe thier freedom to his work and the rebbe knew who to send

Baruch Dayan HaEmes
April 23, 2019 5:01 pm

A very kind and smart man.

Boruch Dayan Haemes
April 23, 2019 5:03 pm

Thinking of you, Chaviva.
Love from all of us in Dnieper

From Camp Pardas Chana
April 23, 2019 8:12 pm

I remember Rabbi Katz from my many years at camp, where he and his wife served as directors.

As a child I was mesmerized by his shiurim. The shul was always pin drop silent when he spoke. His shiurim were fascinating to me. I remember trying to be careful with all the new dinim I learned at the shiurim he taught which I looked forward to tremendously. I especially remember his shiurim about the nine days and Tisha b’Av. He was always warm and kind.

A former PC camper

Esther and Yitzchok Michael
April 23, 2019 8:50 pm

BDE. We are so sorry to hear the loss of your husband and father. May you all know from Simchas from now on. He was an amazing Tzaddik. He was an amazing person to my husband Yitzchok Michael.

Shliach in CA
April 23, 2019 10:31 pm

As a bochur I was a shliach in new Haven for a year. I had a private chavrusa with Rabbi Katz almost every day. He was a very special Yid.
May Hashem comfort the family.

I will miss Rabbi Katz!
April 23, 2019 11:16 pm

I have fond memories of Rabbi Katz as Camp Rabbi (director?) in Camp Pardas Chana in the 70’s. We learned so much from His Shiurim! And he was always with a pleasant dispostion!!
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים! !

A talmid chochom and chassid par excellence
April 24, 2019 12:26 am

BDE
So sorry to hear about this sad news. He was my room mate when he came to the yeshivah in Kfar Chabad upon his return from that Shlichus to Russia. He shared some interesting stories with me.
His brilliant mind and memory retained all the details from that important trip.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים

BDE So missed!
April 24, 2019 3:36 am

Rabbi Binyomin Katz, obm will be very missed. He had an amazing mind, along with humility and humor! That is an unusual combination. He could do it. His classes were clear and deep at the same time. A very special person, to be proud to be in his company. Very missed. Vita & Reuven Goldstein Rehovot Israel.

Avrahum Weisman
April 24, 2019 9:22 am

Very sorry to hear of the passing of this Great Rabbi, he personally touched my life and that of my family. He will always be remembered fondly. May Hashem continually consul us. Avrahum Weisman

HAMKOM YINACHEM
April 24, 2019 2:29 pm

Rbbi Katz was extraordinary. Kind and gentle and he was so nice to us young bochurim in New Haven and always had a good thing to tell us to entertain or inspire. He was A Mashpia to the Friediker Rebbes shliach to the young israel then. Although younger.

In todays jewish history
April 24, 2019 6:20 pm

Passing of R. Yehoshua Falk Katz (1614)

R. Yehoshua Falk Katz authored two well-known commentaries in the area of Jewish law: Derishah and Perishah on R. Jacob ben Asher’s halachic code Arbaah Turim, and Sefer Me’iras Einayim (known by the acronym Sm”a) on R. Yosef Caro’s Shulchan Aruch (Code of Jewish Law). These commentaries are printed in all standard editions of these works.

R. Yehoshua’s wife Beila was known for her piety and erudition, and a number of original Torah explanations are attributed to her.

Bde
April 24, 2019 10:04 pm

A great man who tirelessly worked his whole life to give over of himself to gd.
Blessed are those who knew rabbi Katz

A true tzadik
April 24, 2019 10:07 pm

Rabbi Katz was an extraordinary yid who went out of his way to help his fellow Jews especially those in his community who needed guidance. Bauruch Dayan’”hames

Bde
April 24, 2019 11:15 pm

So sad to hear. A amazing man will be missed by many.

Baruch Dayan haames
April 24, 2019 11:17 pm

Ad mosai. Rabbi Katz will be greatly missed by many.

Boruch Dayan HaEmes
April 27, 2019 9:28 pm

Rabbi Katz was a truly special neshoma; he helped our family in so many ways, and helped us help others as well… I learned so much from him. This is a huge loss for the community. Malki, HaMakom Yinachem Eschem…
With all our deepest caring from Chana Julian and family in Arad, Israel

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