By COLlive reporter
Rabbi Tzemach Yehoshua Cunin, a Chabad Shliach in Los Angeles, California, passed away on Friday, 2 Tammuz, 5779.
He was 43 and passed away suddenly Thursday night.
The son of the West Coast Head Shliach Rabbi Boruch Shlomo Cunin, he grew up on Shlichus dedicating his life to the mission of the Rebbe to spread Torah and Chassidus in the world.
Upon his marriage, he established Chabad of Century City, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, and has been active there to engage with Jewish residents and visitors.
His most recent activity was helping to co-host “An Evening With the Rebbe,” a grand tribute commemorating the 25th yartzeit of the Rebbe in honor of Gimmel Tammuz at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Blvd.
He is survived by his wife, Ada (nee Wilschanski) and 5 children.
He is also survived by his parents Rabbi Shlomo and Miriam Cunin, Head Shluchim of California and the West Coast; his parents-in-law Rabbi Zalman and Esti Wilschansky – Morristown, NJ; and siblings.
The levaya will take place Sunday, 4 Tammuz, 3:00 PM from him home 1145 S. Wetherly Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90035, passing by The Bais Chaya Mushka school to Mount Olive Cemetery – 7231 Slauson Avenue, Commerce, CA 90040.
A fund has been launched by Chabad of Los Angeles to help his family.
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Baruch Dayan Ha’emes.
בד״ה עד מתי
ברוך דיין האמת עד מתי
BDE. So So Sorry to hear the loss of Your dear husband. Aida May you and your family only know from Simchas from now on. Moshiach now.
Whaat??!!
There are no words and that can express this shock
May his neshama have an Aliyah, moshiach now!
I grew up with Tzemach and truly attest to his absolutely golden heart. He was the most gentle and non-assuming character I’ve known and it was this very nature that attracted people to him. May his Neshama have the greatest aliyah thru descending back down here with Moshiach’s immediate arrival!
Rabbi Tzemach was the purest soul. Full of love and gentleness and the most elevated Torah middos. What a loss to the world. May Hashem comfort his family, Tzion and Yerushalem.
I am horrified and shocked to hear about this. Ada is a Tzaddikess. May HaShem comfort… Moshiach NOW.. Please!!!!
Words cannot describe our shock
Heartbreaking news. Tzemach was 1 year old when I started working in the Westwood Chabad house. He was the most sincere and kindhearted person I ever met. He will be sorely missed. My condolences go out to the entire family.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים.
Ad Mossi!!!!!
I am in shock…I just saw Tzemach at a Chasunah a couple weeks ago in NY, and a couple weeks before that in Shul on a visit to Los Angeles. He came from an illustrious family, and he could have felt above others, but he was the exact opposite. He loved to talk to people, with so much warmth, and kindness making one feel they were above him. The truth is he was the one who was above and beyond. A tragic loss for his parents, wife, siblings, children, and in laws, and also for his Chabad House community, and… Read more »
Words are meaningless when it involves the loss of a man like Tzemach. There are less words for his family to feel any comfort
What an amazing soul he is…
What a tragedy right before gimmel Tammuz shows us how special he is
B.D.E We are shocked and saddened by the loss of your dear husband and father You should all be comforted .
What a shock
Very kind Chosid – will be very sorely missed. Ad Mossai!!!!
For real…
ad Mossi????????
He was a great man. Didn’t know him very well.
Just visited LA a few times and got to know him really just a bit. Very special man!
We may all be zoche to the coming of Moshiach now!!
Baruch Dayan Emes
BDE
B”H Dear Mishpochos Cunin,
“Hamakom yinachem es’chem b’toch sha’ar aveilim Tziyon v’Yerushalayim!”
May you find healing and chizuk in your husband and father’s bright and holy legacy, to continue bearing the flame and illuminating many more lives.
I am deeply pained for your loss; my heart and tefillos are with you.
May this be the year we merit to usher in the light of Geulah and a world where we know of no more darkness, and we are reunited with all our loved ones.
May Rabbi Tzemech’s neshomo have a tremendous aliyoh.
He will be truly missed BDE
Ada,
Could not believe what I was reading.
My heart goes out to you and your dear children.
May Hashem give you all the strength you need to get through this difficult time and beyond!
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים
An Alumna of Chaya Mushka Seminary ‘94
Such sad news. Its always sad to lose someone, even harder to lose someone so suddenly. Sending love and condolences to his family.
What happened So sadהמקום ינחת את המשפחה בתוך כל אבלי ירושלים.
I remember him when he was a sweet little boy, I can’t believe this.
To the Cunin family, המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים
Chana K.
so saddened to hear about the passing of one of Rabbi Cunin’s illustrious offspring. I did not know him, but rather I was more familiar with the older children. We often met in the neighborhood and schmoozed a bit, as they took their shabbos walks on Galey Ave, near UCLA, with their tattie and mommy. I was also amazed at the children’s leibidikcyte and modesty especially during a tumultuous time around 1968-69, which was anything but modest. Surely from what I am hearing and reading, Tzemach was cut from the same cloth. He will be sorely missed within the Los… Read more »
I just learned of this upsetting news. Rabbi Cunin reached out to my spirituality like no other person in my life. May G-d bless his lovely family. Barry G. Kaiman
Whenever we met Tzemach when he came to visit his in laws in Morristown, he always had the most amazing mivtzoyim story that had just happened. He saw shlichus as a privilege. In the spirit of chabad, he was empowered to do whatever needed to be done to accomplish the mission with a sweet and down to earth energy. He was proud of the family he came from and the family he married into and treated his regal wife with respect and sweetness. He will always be a source of inspiration to me.