A large crowd attended the Levaya of Charles Nassofer obm, a fixture of Chabad life in the Crown Heights neighborhood who was affectionately known as Charlie Buttons, as it passed by 770 Eastern Parkway on Friday. A yellow balloon adorned the aron as he is remembered for bringing joy to many Simchas. Full Story
A large crowd attended the Levaya of Charles Nassofer obm, a fixture of Chabad life in the Crown Heights neighborhood who was affectionately known as Charlie Buttons, as it passed by 770 Eastern Parkway on Friday. A yellow balloon adorned the aron as he is remembered for bringing joy to many Simchas. Full Story
A large crowd attended the Levaya of Charles Nassofer obm, a fixture of Chabad life in the Crown Heights neighborhood who was affectionately known as Charlie Buttons, as it passed by 770 Eastern Parkway on Friday. A yellow balloon adorned the aron as he is remembered for bringing joy to many Simchas.
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Seem right that it is raining…..stay strong….and let us all welcome the Holy Shabbos with a laugh in memory of the Great Charlie Buttons…stay safe, stay strong and remember we all have One Father
Who decided his Hebrew name was tzadik?
Maybe it was tzadok?
His name was always Tzadik. He got the Levi aliya by that name HUNDREDS of times in 770.
I’ve seen him get an Aliyah in 770, and that’s the name he said. I think he was a Levi, by the way.
Thank you for all the True Simcha you gave to our community!May His Neshama have an Aliya and May we see him with the coming of Moshiach Now!!
מי שמת בערב שבת שימן יפה לו
So sad. Was a part of growing up in CH
Perhaps someone can do research on his family background. Who were his zaides, etc? Why was he named this name?
Interesting observation: his father’s names match the names of Yisrael Baal Shem Tov and his father Eliezer.
Raining at his Levaya as by Rabbi SB Lipskar a few days ago…
What a community icon. He will be greatly missed. Thanks Charlie for bringing joy to our community, one simcha at a time, one balloon, one smile. I know your neshama will go straight to Hashem . Please use your simcha to beg Hashem to just bring mashiach so we can experience many more simchos. May we greet you with balloons by the coming of mashiach now! Amen. (If anyone remembers how his famous saying about mashiach went, please write it. He used to say it by 770 all the time, I remember from my younger years. It was a cute… Read more »