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Rabbi Shmuel Butman, 81, OBM

Rabbi Shmuel Butman, a central figure in the Chabad-Lubavitch movement who led many important organizations and projects encouraged by the Rebbe, and hosted a weekly program on COLlive.com, passed away. Full Story

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Boruch Dayan Haemes
July 22, 2024 10:55 pm

He was a great Chosid
He influenced many yidden, especially through Rambam and the weekly L’chaim

Alter Rebbe’s Descendant
July 22, 2024 11:18 pm

Oh no! This is so sad! What a huge shock!
We need Moshiach Now!!!!! Please Hashem!

Help bring Moshiach!!!
Reply to  Alter Rebbe’s Descendant
July 23, 2024 10:24 pm

Then let’s do something about it to actively bring Moshiach! We must teach the world about Hashem!

Sad
July 22, 2024 11:18 pm

אבד חסיד מן האר

Sad
July 22, 2024 11:19 pm

אבד חסיד מן הארץ

shimon
July 22, 2024 11:20 pm

wow! ad mosai! He passed away on the day of a siyum harambam (on sefer haflaah), in which he had a special koch! the zechus shoud stand for him!

Bde
July 22, 2024 11:28 pm

I just started doing melave malca each week and his video along with a baal shem tov story where the highlights for my family. Such a great loss!

Yehuda Reichman
July 22, 2024 11:29 pm

ברוך דיין האמת.
He was my good friend. I’ll never forget him. I’ll miss your hugs 🫂.

Cant Believe…..
July 22, 2024 11:29 pm

What a Great Loss for chabad & the jewish community at large! He was a real advocate of the coming of Moshiach!
May he go straight up to the כסא הכבוד & demand the Geula Shlaima right now!!

Baruch Dayan HoEmess
July 22, 2024 11:38 pm

May Hashem give the family strength and comfort. Moshiach NOW NOW NOW!

And for decades, "Moshiach on the Air"
July 22, 2024 11:47 pm

…on Jewish radio!!!

Baruch dayan ha’emes!

Also TV
Reply to  And for decades, "Moshiach on the Air"
July 23, 2024 4:59 am

His show was on the International Channel on cable TV.

אבד חסיד מן הארץ
July 22, 2024 11:49 pm

So so shocked!!
בד״ה 🕯️
שיהפכו הימים האלו וכו׳
והקיצו ורננו וכו׳
למטה מי׳ טפחים
ובחסד וברחמים!!!

תושב השכונה
July 23, 2024 12:01 am

ברוך דיין האמת
Rabbi Butman ע”ה was a legend and will be missed.
The Rebbe’s directives were not only dear to him, he took them seriously and worked diligently to fulfill them and bring the Rebbe nachas.
Another one of his many peulos was the dividing the Rebbe’s teachings and the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch to be learned by Anash.
הקיצו ורננו תומ”י ממש

Avrohom Wolpin
July 23, 2024 12:13 am

Rabbi Butman picked up his phone or returned my calls about chinuch issues, his concerns for all was legendary

A giant.
July 23, 2024 12:19 am

What a giant with a kind pure heart. Always soft spoken, never held his head up (too high) even though he had plenty for….

א טייערע חסידעשע איד. א ש״ב פון רבים
אן אויסע געוויינליכן באל מנגן און בעל תפילה

ברוך דיין האמת. משיח נאו

A real chossid
July 23, 2024 12:29 am

Rabbi Butman was mekushar to the Rebbe 100%. Such a devoted chossid, humble, with so much kindness and an incredible person overall. He lived Moshiach and inspired tens of thousands. Such a sad day. Moshiach NOW! Ad mosai!!!

The Count Elkaim Family

Yossi stern
July 23, 2024 12:52 am

My deepest condolences to the Butman family. We lost a genius of a man.

Very sad
July 23, 2024 1:15 am

True chosid the world lost.

A great loss for Lubavitch and the world
July 23, 2024 1:22 am

May the family be comforted and VERY SOON reunited with him b’guf gashmi with the coming of Moshiach now!!

Very sad..
July 23, 2024 3:04 am

An iconic figure in Lubavitch.
May the family be comforted.
May he demand moshiach up on high.

Boruch dayan ha'emes
July 23, 2024 3:31 am

Such a dedicated chosid and oved Hashem. May Rabbi Butman be zoche to convince Hashem to bring Moshiach now!, with the geula shlaima.

מוסמך אצל הגאון האדיר הרב פינחס הירשפרונג ז"ל
July 23, 2024 3:44 am

הרב בוטמאן הי’ תלמיד חכם גדול אויף א ברייטען פארנעם. הוא אף קבל סמיכה להוראה מהגאון הרב פינחס הירשפרונג ז”ל ראב”ד ורב הראשי דהעיר תהלה מאנטרעל וראש ישיבת תומכי תמימים ליובאוויטש דשם. הרב הירשפרונג התבטא אחר כך לאחד מאנשי קהילתו באמרו: “היינט זענען בא מיר געווען צוויי ליובאוויטשער בחורים (הרב בוטמאן ויבדלח”ט הרב לייבל יחי’ נוימאן שנעשה אחר
כך ברבות השנים למחותנו של הרב בוטמאן) איך האב זיי שווער פארהערט און זיי האבן זייער גוט געקאנט”.
יהא זכרו ברוך

Bdh
July 23, 2024 4:17 am

!!

Chava from Germany, formerly from Latvia
July 23, 2024 5:25 am

Boruch dayan ha emes.
I didn’t know Rabbi Butman personally, but I had the feeling I did thanks to his wonderful weekly videos. He was such an inspiring chosid. There are no words to describe the loss.

BDE A great loss
July 23, 2024 5:32 am

A great chasid. One of a kind
Tremendous loss for the community and in fact world Jewery
He will be missed by all of us

ad mosai
July 23, 2024 6:48 am

chabad are losing legends of leadership

rabbi butman spearheaded chabad in New York and was a mentor to thousands, things will never be the same again

Big Z Schapiro
July 23, 2024 7:39 am

BDE rabbi Butman did a lot of good things such as Suyim Hrambam Public menorah, lighting Simchas Bais Hashanah Lubaivch youth organization anyway, I want to see is he was kind of a person that care each and everyone of us in the community and to all over the world he was so involved the power that he speaks so amazing regarding with our brothers and sisters in Israel we should only hear many more good news and we Moshaich now

B"DH
July 23, 2024 7:43 am

B”DH
Moshiach Now

Ad Mosai? Ad Mosai? Ad Mosai ?
July 23, 2024 9:57 am

The Golus had just gotten darker. Why have we lost so many giants? Tachlis is:
נתהוה לו דירה זו בתחתונים Hashem wants His Home here DOWN BELOW?! The goal is Neshomos Bgufim. Seems to be things are going in the opposite direction. Hashem, we feel so alone. You’ve taken away the Best of the Best! Why take them upstairs only to be brought BACK DOWN HERE!
MOSHIACH NOW! We’ve been singing this song way TOO LONG! Please no more pain. And for REAL – MOSHIACH NOW!

Montgomery & Kingston Swan Lake
July 23, 2024 10:11 am

This saddens me as we are close in age . I recall in 1991 after the racial riot in the neighborhood subsided Rabbi Butman addressed our modern orthodox shul on a weekday night to clarify the unfortunate events and the aftermath that ensued

What about his videos?? Who will continue??
July 23, 2024 5:26 pm

I am no longer very Torah observant, but I used to listen to Rabbi Butman because he was an amazing communicator, and he was non-threatening and proper. I’ll miss him.

yisroel
Reply to  What about his videos?? Who will continue??
July 25, 2024 4:04 pm

His Torah videos are available as before. You can continue to be inspired untill the coming on Moshiach G-d Willing speedily in our
days.

Nissim
July 23, 2024 8:35 pm

BDH

Rabbi Butman
July 23, 2024 8:37 pm

Came into our home every motzei Shabbat when my husband would turn on the computer to listen to his divrei
Torah…to his stories. Such a great loss. May he watch over us from shamayim

Naftoli
July 23, 2024 10:16 pm

A man of awesome achievements in hafotzas haYahadus. A devoted chossid. A great loss for klal Yisroel!

Mottle Lazarovsky
July 24, 2024 2:42 pm

One less person that knew the Rebbe.

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