Rabbi Gedalia Korf, longtime Crown Heights resident, passed away on Monday, 5 Nissan, 5780.
He was 90.
Rabbi Korf was from the founders of the organization “Ezras Achim” which kept the flames of Yiddishkeit alive behind the Iron Curtain and was established to assist Russian Jewry.
He is survived by his children Rabbi Yossi Korf – Crown Heights, Rabbi Yanky Korf – Crown Heights, Mrs. Sara Kessler – Montreal, Rabbi Sholom Ber Korf – Delray Beach, FL; Mrs. Dini Ciment – Boynton Beach, FL; Rabbi Alter Korf – S. Petersburg, FL, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He is also survived by his siblings Rabbi Pinye Korf – Crown Heights, Rabbi Avraham Korf – Miami, Florida and Mrs. Batsheva Shemtov – Oak Park, Michigan.
Baruch Dayan Ha’emes.
Rav Korf and his wife a.h. were my first hosts when I started learning in Morristown more than 40 years ago. In their home I experienced for the first time what an authentic chassidishe family means. A very gentle and quiet man, but full of “toichen”. BDE
Gedalia Rosenberg Tel Aviv
Always a kind word to say, always something to share.
Boruch Dayan Haemes, he will be missed.
Many times I had the zechus to daven with Rabbi Korf, he would start early before the minyan and daven word for word from the sidur. I noticed once Rabbi Heller go over to him in shul and ask him regarding the minhog Chasidim with a din in hilchos shabbos.
May Hashem bentch his family.
He was so generous . He gave shluchim moving out on Shluchos a donation. He just gave us few weeks ago 300$ This is so horrible ad mosai
BDHE