By COLlive reporter
Levi Wolowik, the 9-year-old son of the Chabad Shluchim in the Five Towns, passed away on Shabbos after suffering from what might be SADS (Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome).
Wolowik, a reserved child who always had a shy smile on his face, didn’t reply when a family member came to wake him up on Shabbos, February 28 morning.
“He went to sleep normal at night and didn’t wake up in the morning,” a neighbor told COLlive.
The boy, who learned at the Darchei Torah school in Far Rockaway, made Kiddush and said a Dvar Torah at the Friday night Shabbos meal. “He was playing with kids and seemed normal,” a friend of the family said.
His parents Rabbi Zalman and Chanie Wolowik are the Chabad Shluchim to the Five Towns and co-direct a successful Chabad House in Cedarhurst, NY. His grandfather is Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky of Brooklyn, Vice Chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch.
DINNER NOT CANCELLED
The Wolowiks were set to host their annual dinner celebration titled “Unity in the Community” on Sunday, March 1, honoring donors and supporters.
The event, set to take place at the Grand Ballroom of the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst, will not be cancelled, COLlive was told.
A local resident said that Mrs. Wolowik was heard saying that the dinner should be held as the month of Adar is a month of joy.
A “personal message” posted on the Chabad of Five Towns website read: “As difficult this is, The Rabbi & Rebbetzin urge the entire community to participate in Chabad’s Annual Dinner Sunday evening.”
FUNERAL AND SHIVA
An Hatzalah ambulance and police were rushed on Shabbos to the Wolowik’s home in Woodmere, NY. Shomrei Hadas funeral services arrived at the home on Motzoei Shabbos.
“Levi was a very delicate and cute boy,” a local told COLlive who came to the Wolowik’s home and said another 30 people are there as well. “Everyone is coming here. People here love them. I have no words. It was a crazy Shabbos.”
The funeral will take place on Sunday, March 1, 1:00 PM at the Shomrei Hadas Chapels, 3803 14th Avenue in Brooklyn, and will pass by Lubavitch World Headquarters 770 at 1:45 PM.
If times permits, the funeral will pass Chabad of Five Towns (74 Maple Avenue, Cedarhurst) at 2:30 PM on the way to the Old Montefiore cemetery in Cambria Heights.
Shiva is being observed through Friday morning March 6 at the Wolowik’s home, 748 Central Avenue in Woodmere. Shacharit Monday – Friday at 8:00 AM, Mincha and Maariv Sunday Evening – Friday at 5:40 PM.
im so sorry abt ur lost, and i hope the redemption of mashiach comes speedily!!!!!
I’m so very sorry for you loss of Levi. It is the worst tragedy any parent can have. It will get easier but the pain never goes away.I wish i could be with you now as you both were when my son died.
I am sorry for your loss and its a horrible thing to happen to a family. i wish you guys well.
zalman and chani eshould have the strengh what a tragedy whys it happening to shluchim people who are maing people closer to hashem.
i knew levi as a loving cute and outstanding boy such a tragedy on shabbos before the dinner!!!!
82:
sorry for saying this, but ma hakesher? hashem took the best flower from his garden to be close to
thank you 83
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuf so sad
hashem yenachem eschem wolowiks
Levi lite up the scool w/ his smile. Those who were lucky enough to have taught him taught a Malach. Those who knew him loved him. He was kind and warm to everyone.
Darchai Torah will 4ever miss your smile. We will never forget you!! May your family stay strong for each other at this difficult time. Levi is watching over us all.
hashemhave mercy on your children!!!!
Ad masai! i cant beleive this, ad masai!
ad masaiiiiiiad masaiiiiiiad masaiiiiiiad masaiiiiiiad masaiiiiiiad masaiiiiiiad masaiiiiiiad masaiiiiiiad masaiiiiiiad masaiiiiii!!
HASHEMMMMMM!!!!!
ENough!!!!!!!
WE NEED MOSHIACH NOW WE NEED MOSHIACH NOWWE NEED MOSHIACH NOW!!!!
You always think your heart can’t break anymore from all the nisyonos we are all facing, and then you find out…..oy gottenyu, embrace this sweet sweet little boy , a”h,and embrace this amazing family with chizuk and emunah and love. Hold them tight because WE NEED THEM!! WE LOVE THEM!! and WE NEED YOU…to bring an end to this suffering! Baruch Dayan Haemes. I will miss you Levi’le terribly. my “favorite” little Wolowik.
My eyes are full of tears but if I start crying I won’t be able to stop. I want to say that the parents were blessed to have such an angel and that God loved him so much that he called him to his embrace earlier- but it is not a reasonable answer for parents in unbearable pain.
Don’t forget that the attention shluchim are getting is unfortunately, “BIKROVAY AKADESH”.
REVEALED GOODNESS N O W !
I can’t stop crying for you! I do not understand this! May you be comforted!
Baruch Dian Emes!
We cant endure this galus anymore! Hisgalus Now!!!!!!!!!! Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Bisoch Shiar Availei Tzion Vyrushalayim!!
you are clearly a farmer who is jealous of all the attention that the shluchim get and clearly deserve as we saw clearly that the rebbe gave special attention to the shluchim.
WE NEED MOSHIACH NOW!!!!!!!
Dear Rabbi Zalman & chanie.
you both amaze us with your strength. instead of us comforting you it has been the two of you comforting us all.
May hashem give you and the entire family only simchas from here on, and may we merit the the coming of moshiach speedily in our days.
We were so sorry to hear this news.
Words cannot describe our sorrow at hearing this news.
Hamokom Ye’nachem etchem be’zoc sha’ar avlai yisroel.
we are thinking of you and wishing only good things for klal Yisroel
Your relatives in California
shluchim ARE the holiest people
Hamokom yenachem eschem besoch availai tzion v’yerusholayim. Simchois always. Eli’s Simons parents Manchester England.
Oy!! It’s soo sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Boruch Dayin Haemes, I am a good friend of his sister.
I went to after-school [like on-line-school just 2 time a week] with him. I thout of him like a 1st couin. i was shocked wen i found out. baruch dayan haemes.mashiach now.
so sad
yes i agree we are ein mishpocho what happened to 1 family hurts us all
we are with you family wolowik, you are not alone in this tzara
There is nothing we can say about this horrific tragedy that tears at our hearts and turn our eyes into waterfalls of tears… only hamokom yinachem, he who takes must also comfort, and may it be speedily in our day. AD MOSAI!!!!!
this is crazy!!!
The boy A”H has another grandfather a great chosid here in Montreal.
zalamn and chanie are great in and of themselves, they have built single handedly a great huge moisad, with many other moisdoas.
i
Bsd
Mir zainen doch ein mishpocho,der Oibirshter zol menachem zain klal isroel,un brenguen Moshiach teikef umiad mamosh.
THIS IS SOOO SAD
BARUCH DAYAN HAEMES.
ad mosai??!!!
This kid was so much fun, so full of life and happiness. i just babysitted for them last month, and he was the one who listened! Boruch Dayen Emes is all we can say, may Moshiach come now!
The shluchim are the holiest people?News to me-and arrogant of you! In any case this is just pure tragedy without answers-the loss of a child is a horror no matter who it happens to.May they be comforted by H’.
please stop im crying bitterly on this and your arguing! i agree with 49, take upon yourself the mitzva of veahavta lereyacha kamocha and STOP ARGUING! we’re in this world for a reason, and the reason is not arguing! when moshiach comes will it matter to him how many negative comments you posted?
im sorry for harsh words, hamakom yenachem eschem wolowiks, and may moshiach come NOW so youll be reunited with your son
This is just so sad! BDE
everyone together,hareini mekabel/mekabeles olai mitzvas asei shel veohavtoh lereiachoh komoichoh. think concentrateand practice these holy words every minute of your waking day!! idle comments help noone or anything.
This is a tragedy for the entire 5 Towns. Even if you are not Lubavitch, you probably know the Wolowiks, and you certainly love them. Nobody could have handled the Chanuka Wonderland accident with the tireless compassion that they did. And even now, they’re thinking about their beloved Kehilla and not themselves. Hashem should give them Koach, and bring them limitless nachas from their children.
This is just horrifying
And you must ask again: why do bad things happen to good people? how can hashem allow this????
oy
ad mosai !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that means everyone
I am shocked and so sad by the news. may the Wolowiks have the strength to continue their work
losing a child – lo oleinu – is a tragedy beyond imagination
and we must plead from Hashem that such things must stop. But now all who know the voloviks and even those who don’t know them should visit them or send their condolences and chizuk – that their son passed away literally as a tzaddik bli cheit and that he did not pass away chas v’shalom in vain on the contrary something good must a will come out from it etc. etc.
oh this is mamosh so sad such a sweet kid all of 9 years… he had his whole life in front of him… i cant stop crying
Perhaps we should just better ourselves in every possible way especially in Ahava Chinom. It is the only reason we are still in Galus.Let us not allow more Tzadikim to be taken from us.And let us not forget that acting and dressing Modestly is another issue we have to work on.
but Mishpavhas wolowik you r not alone
TO the family, and to Reb Moshe Kotlartsky with all you have been thru, and all the good work you do, you deserve better, Hashem should repay you and your family with only simchos, adn good news.
Mishenichnas Adar…
achdus will bring Moshiach and we will be reunited with our loved ones.
I have yet to meet a more loving, caring and compassionate couple as Rabbi and Rebbetzin Wolowik. He always referred to my son a Tzaddik. Levi was a sweet kind and loveable boy. It is heartbreaking and tragic. This family has endured soo much. Perhaps we may be comforted in knowing that Levi was Nifter on Shabbos, truly a sign that he was a TZADDIK!!!! much like his parents and their parents as well. Each of us should try to do at least one act of kindness, one mitzvah in the zechus of Aliyat Nishmat Levi Yitzchock ben Zalman. Hamakom… Read more »
oy so sad
This is so sad. Why do such sad things have to happen in Adar? Ad masai!
SADS is an inherited condition. Anyone who has had fainting or passing out during or after exercise , or has had extreme fatigue from exercise, discomfort, pain or pressure in his chest during exercise or an unexplained seizure disorder should have a doctor check their child’s heart. Also, if anyone had a family member that died from a heart disorder before the age of fifty.
let’s be nice! it’s not time to fight. hashem, hashem, please help that we make the right comments.
when something chas vesholom happens to one self should we look harshly. when it happens to fellow shluchim let’s just beg hashem to STOP!!!
BDH
Shocked!!! I don’t know them personally, but it still hurts deeply. There was no illness?? no indication of it coming?? Hamokom yenacheim eschem!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Wolowiks, our hearts go out to you. This pain is unbearable. Der Aibishter should give you the strength to get through this. Hamakom Yinachem Eschem. May you be comforted and may we see the Geula Shleima now
The amazing work his parents do, and that their the shluchim of the Rebbe, and that he was so young make the question bigger and bigger. There are no answers!AD MOSAI!!! We need Moshiach now mammosh.
what is happening to our world?!
gooooooooood
Please let’s not add more pain to Levi’s family by arguing. What is to be gained from these posts? We all want the same things…Achdus, Ahavas Yisrael, & above all else, Moshiach & our Rebbe & our loved ones B’Guf. Let it go.
WE NEED MOSHIACH NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we are thinking of you in this crazy time.
We want moshiach now
Anyone who ever met Zalman and Chani know what nice people they are, and we all share in their pain. Hashem should start techias hamaisim now and there won’t have to be a levaya.
the voloviks and kotlarsky’s were hit hard this year, and we demand chizuk and comfort from hashem!
May there be no more tears!!! with the coming of Moshiach. Ad Mosai!!!
so the Gemoroh is wrong as far as the Rebbe is concerned??
I’m not supporting these terrible situations and I wish Hashem has more rachmonus on us than we deserve, but a liitle looking into ourselves is called for. don’t you think??
r”l the club is getting bigger
Dear Gemara Kup. The Posuk also says “lo yumso Avois al bunim” who did the Holtzbergs die for?!?!? Who did a 9 year old Shelo tuam tam Cheit die for!?!?! The rebbe spoke of Chutzpa Klapei Maylah in regard to Moshiach’s not coming.. I would think here would be another case we deserve answers from above… not the other way around.
Chanie my heart goes out to you, there are no words that we can offer to comfort during your grief, just know that there are so many who are thinknig about you and your family and praying that Hashem comforts you and heals all your wounds.
we need Moshiach already!
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem… we are all devastated
omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg
ure right
The Rebbe said we should NEVER find excuses or reasons why Hashem gives tradegedy-Just tell Him there is NO EXCUSE and he must bring Moshiach NOW!!!
Hashem why are you doing this to the world’s holiest people: The Rebbe’s Shluchim?!
what a terrible tragedy.
loi oilain veloi olainu the tragedies taking place lately are incredible.
May the Rebbe be nisgale already, and take us out of golus!
we need good news
we need moshiach right now, ad mosai???????
Chani and Zalman , Hamakon Yenacheim Eschem, we will miss him dearly
Men Zol nisht visen foon Kein Tzaar
Your extended family is all thinking about you. Moshiach Now!
What a tragedy.
May the Wolowik’s be comforted and know of no further sorrow.
A very difficult loss for Klal Yisroel.
theres no words to describe such a horibble tragedy!!!
moshiach now
its bad haw he passed away come on at lest in a good way
may hashem give Rabbi Zalmen and Chanie the strentgh to continue all of the good that they do for all of us here in the five towns and beyond.
we love you
ef & tf
Lomo Osoh HAvaya Kocho??!!???
our hearts are broken!
OMG this is sooooo sad!!! We need Moshiach now!!!
oy baruch dayen haemes…there are no words…devastating….does a/o know which class in darchei he was in? who his rebbi is?