Perel (Paula) Efros, OBM
September 27, 2019
Perel (Paula) Efros, a longtime resident of Crown Heights who devoted her life to the Rebbe’s Mivtzoim and was active in the FREE organization, passed away.
Beatrice Putter 93, OBM
September 26, 2019
Mrs. Beatrice Putter, a resident of Long Island, passed away. The family will be sitting Shiva in Long Island and Crown Heights.
R’ Hershel Sandhaus, 95, OBM
September 24, 2019
R’ Tzvi Elimelech (Hershel) Sandhaus, one of the pillars of the Chabad community in Argentina, passed away.
Rabbi Shmarya Katzen, 76, OBM
September 22, 2019
Rabbi Shmarya Katzen, a beloved schoolteacher who instilled a love for Hashem in generations of Crown Heights boys and received instructions from the Rebbe, passed away.
R’ Zev Sirota, 90, OBM
September 22, 2019
R’ Zev Sirota, son of Chosid R’ Mordechai Sirota of Tashkent who lived in Kiryat Malachi and Crown Heights, passed away.
Reb Meyer Barber, 86, OBM
September 19, 2019
Reb Meyer Barber, one of the pillars of the Sydney Jewish community who built the first public Menorah in Sydney, passed away.
Mrs. Bebshie Rubin, 73, OBM
September 17, 2019
Mrs. Bebshie Rubin, a resident of Crown Heights in the 1970’s and wife of R’ Moshe Rubin, a long-time electrician who serviced the Rebbe’s home and 770, passed away.
Mrs. Yehudis Posner, 80, OBM
September 14, 2019
Mrs. Yehudis Posner, wife of Rabbi Zushe Posner and mother of Shluchim in the US and Israel, passed away on Shabbos.
Esther Leah Kaploun, OBM
September 10, 2019
Esther Leah Kaploun, who lived a life of Chesed and Tzedakah while battling an illness with grace and dignity, passed away.
Mrs. Bracha Rochel Aizenberg, OBM
September 9, 2019
Mrs. Bracha Rochel Aizenberg, from the founding generation of residents of the Nachlas Har Chabad neighborhood in Kiryat Malachi, Israel, passed away.
Mattil Fleishman, 68, OBM
September 8, 2019
Mattil Fleishman, a woman who lived in Crown Heights and was active in organizing daily Torah classes at 770 Eastern Parkway for women, passed away.
R’ BenTzion Novack, 64, OBM
September 8, 2019
R’ BenTzion Novack, a longtime active member of the Los Angeles Chabad community and more recently of Las Vegas, passed away on Friday.
R’ Meir Aaron Schreiber, 69, OBM
September 4, 2019
R’ Meir Aaron Schreiber, a Lubavitch chossid in Crown Heights who worked as a lawyer and was a baal tzedakah, passed away.
Henech Bowick, 41, OBM
August 31, 2019
Henech Bowick, a young father and member of the Chabad community in Oak Park, Michigan, tragically passed away on Friday.
Mrs. Rosalie Ojalvo, OBM
August 30, 2019
Mrs. Rosalie Ojalvo of Los Angeles, mother of Mrs. Chana Lieba Nathanson, passed away.
Rabbi Pinchas Doron-Spalter, OBM
August 30, 2019
Rabbi Pinchas Doron-Spalter, a scholar and Professor of Jewish Studies who wrote explanations on Rashi and an encyclopedia on the Talmud, passed away.
Mrs. Chana Maister Cohen, 66, OBM
August 29, 2019
Mrs. Chana Maister Cohen, a long-time beloved member of the Chabad community in St. Paul, Minnesota, passed away.
Rabbi Yerachmiel Liberman, OBM
August 25, 2019
Rabbi Yerachmiel Ber (Rachmiel) Liberman, Rabbi of Congregation Lubavitch in South Brookline, Massachusetts, passed away suddenly last week.
Rabbi Dov Levanoni, 97, OBM
August 21, 2019
Rabbi Yisroel Dov Levanoni of Kfar Chabad, Israel, known for the scale model he created of the Bais Hamikdosh which he presented to the Rebbe, passed away.
Mrs. Devorah Kesselman, OBM
August 18, 2019
Mrs. Devorah Kesselman of Kfar Chabad, Israel, daughter of the Chosid R’ Yehuda Leib Slonim and widow of Mashpia Rabbi Berel Kesselman, passed away.
R’ Baruch Gopin, 95, OBM
August 12, 2019
R’ Baruch Gopin, one of the founders and builders of the Kfar Chabad village in Central Israel, passed away.
R’ Leibel Mochkin, 95, OBM
August 11, 2019
R’ Leibel Mochkin, the chossid who heroically smuggled thousands of Jews out of the Soviet Union and was active in Crown Heights, passed away on Shabbos.
Rabbi Sholom M. M. Simpson, 90, OBM
August 1, 2019
Rabbi Sholom Mendel Simpson, who served as a secretary of the Rebbe and a Rabbi in Brighton Beach, passed away on his 90th birthday.
Rina Aivas, 30, OBM
July 29, 2019
Rina Aivas, a beloved young wife and mother from Israel, tragically passed away after battling an illness for two years.
Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Ginsberg, 61, OBM
July 20, 2019
Rabbi Chaim Levi Yizchok Ginsberg, a beloved Mashpia in Israeli Yeshivos who was devoted to the Rebbe’s mivtzoim, passed away.
Eliyahu Israel, 52, OBM
July 18, 2019
Eliyahu Israel, a resident of Williamsburg who was the security guard at Lubavitch Yeshiva in Crown Heights passed away on Wednesday.
Yaacov Sternbach, OBM
July 16, 2019
R’ Yaacov Sternbach, a beloved husband and father from Silver Spring, MD, passed away on Tuesday.
Rabbi Reuven Bauman, 35, OBM
July 14, 2019
The body of Rabbi Reuven Bauman obm, who was swept out to sea after he heroically jumped into the ocean to save a student, has been found.
R’ Shmuel MM Schneerson, 91, OBM
July 14, 2019
Rabbi Shmuel Menachem Mendel Schneerson, a relative of the Rebbe and publisher of seforim, passed away in Jerusalem on Shabbos.
Mrs. Batya BarChaim, 52, OBM
July 13, 2019
Mrs. Batya BarChaim, a beloved wife and mother from Crown Heights, passed away on Shabbos after battling an illness.
R’ Ezra Nagar, 62, OBM
July 10, 2019
R’ Ezra Nagar, a beloved husband, father, and grandfather from Crown Heights, passed away on Tuesday night.
Rachel Smith, 43, OBM
July 9, 2019
Rachel Smith, a beloved wife and mother of 4 from Ramat Bet Shemesh, Israel, passed away after battling an illness.
Rabbi Tzemach Cunin, 43, OBM
July 5, 2019
Shocking passing on the eve of Gimmel Tammuz: Rabbi Tzemach Cunin, a beloved Chabad Shliach in California, passed away suddenly on Friday.
Shmuel Karnowsky, 16, OBM
July 1, 2019
With great sadness we inform you of the tragic and sudden passing of a young bochur, Shmuel Karnowsky of Crown Heights.
R’ Yosef Kievman, 80, OBM
June 26, 2019
R’ Yosef Kievman, longtime Crown Heights resident who was one of the founding members of Crown Heights Hatzalah, passed away.
Mrs. Frida Bagdadi, OBM
June 23, 2019
Mrs. Frida Bagdadi, a resident of Bnei Brak, Israel and sister of Mrs. Ruth Sandhaus of Crown Heights, passed away.
Eli Weisberg, 28, OBM
June 18, 2019
Tragedy: R’ Eli Weisberg, a young husband and father from Kfar Chabad, Israel, tragically passed away on Tuesday.
Mrs. Rivkah Shaina Notik, 93, OBM
June 13, 2019
Mrs. Rivkah Shaina Notik, matriarch of a Chabad family, passed away.
R’ Leibel Andrusier, 74, OBM
June 11, 2019
R’ Leibel Andrusier, a longtime Crown Heights resident who served as the Baal Koreh at Bais Binyomin Shul, passed away.
Mrs. Golda Sima Gurevitch OBM
June 7, 2019
Mrs. Golda Sima Gurevitch, from the early residents of Kfar Chabad with children in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, passed away on Friday.
Tzvi Dov (Steven) Hager, OBM
June 2, 2019
Tzvi Dov (Steven) Hager, a longtime Crown Heights resident and son of Rabbi Shlomo and Yehudis OBM Hager, passed away.
Rabbi Sholom Ber Popack, 91, OBM
June 2, 2019
Rabbi Sholom Ber Popack, one of the first students of Tomchei Temimim 770 who owned a stationery shop on Kingston Avenue for many years, passed away.
Mrs. Rivka Schechter, 91, OBM
May 26, 2019
Mrs. Rivka Schechter, daughter of the Chosid Reb Shmuel Yitzchok Reices who operated a fabric store on Kingston Avenue for many years, passed away on Shabbos.
R’ Berel Raskin, OBM
May 25, 2019
R’ Berel Raskin, Crown Heights fishmonger whose small shop on Kingston Avenue became a world-renowned commercial enterprise, passed away on Shabbos.
Shulamis Bush, 74, OBM
May 24, 2019
Mrs. Shulamis Bush, a longtime resident of Crown Heights and wife of Professor Baruch Bush, passed away on Erev Shabbos.
Rabbi Shlomo Teitelbaum, 77, OBM
May 24, 2019
Rabbi Shlomo Teitelbaum, Rov of Khal Adas Yereim of Kew Gardens, NY, and who had close ties to Chabad, passed away.
Mrs. Esther Bentolila, OBM
May 19, 2019
Mrs. Esther Bentolila, a resident of Caracas, Venezuela and sister of Mrs. Freha Ezagui of Crown Heights, passed away.
Sara Rivka Chanowitz, 20, OBM
May 16, 2019
Sara Rivka Chanowitz, daughter of Yisroel and Chanie Chanowitz of Monsey, NY, passed away.
Mrs. Aidel Brenenson, OBM
May 13, 2019
Mrs. Aidel Brenenson, mother of R. Abba Brenenson of Kfar Chabad, Israel, passed away; R. Abba Brenenson is sitting Shiva in Long Island, NY.
Mrs. Gittel Rosenberg, 86, OBM
May 10, 2019
Mrs. Gittel Rosenberg, an educator and businesswoman who trailblazed Jewish outreach activities and was active in N’shei Chabad in Montreal and Tiverya, Israel, passed away in New York.
R’ Chaim Itche Kugel, OBM
May 5, 2019
R’ Chaim Itche Kugel, a longtime Crown Heights resident and son-in-law of famed Chosid R’ Avrohom Mayor, passed away.
Mrs. Eidel Samuels, 92, OBM
May 5, 2019
Mrs. Eidel Samuels, a prominent baalas Chessed, Holocaust survivor, and matriarch to an illustrious Chassidishe family, passed away on Shabbos.
Mrs. Wendy Teller, 87, OBM
May 2, 2019
Mrs. Wendy Teller, a member of the Anash community of London known as “Savta” to many, passed away.
Mrs. Sarah Glick, 92, OBM
May 2, 2019
Mrs. Sarah Glick, founder of the iconic Glick’s Bakery in Australia who survived the Holocaust to build a proud Chabad family, passed away.
Mr. Yanky Turner, 63, OBM
April 29, 2019
Mr. Yanky Turner, a longtime resident of Chicago’s Lubavitch community, has passed away after an illness.
Chaim Lazer Cohen, 91, OBM
April 28, 2019
Chaim Lazer Cohen, long time Crown Heights resident who merited to recite Havdallah many times for the Rebbe’s Maariv Minyan after Shabbos, passed away.
Kaliver Rebbe, 96, OBM
April 28, 2019
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub, the Kaliver Rebbe who survived the Holocaust, passed away Sunday afternoon at his home in Jerusalem.
Mrs. Devorah Fox, 93, OBM
April 27, 2019
Mrs. Devorah Fox, longtime Crown Heights resident and wife of Reb Shmuel Tzvi Fox passed away on Shabbos Acharon Shel Pesach.
Rabbi Yanky Pfeffer, 93, OBM
April 24, 2019
Rabbi Yanky (Jack) Pfeffer, a Rabbi and teacher in Brooklyn, and brother of Rabbi Hershel Pfeffer of Pittsburgh, passed away on the first day of Pesach.
Rabbi Binyomin Katz, 78, OBM
April 23, 2019
Rabbi Binyamin Katz, longtime Shliach in New Haven, Connecticut, passed away on Chol Hamo’ed Pesach.
Mr. Peter Kalms, 89, OBM
April 22, 2019
Mr. Peter Kalms, longtime supporter of the Jewish community of London, England, who was involved in running, assisting, and representing Lubavitch from the earliest days of Chabad in England, passed away.
Rabbi Velvel Averbuch, 96, OBM
April 17, 2019
Rabbi Mordechai Zev (Velvel) Averbuch, longtime Crown Heights resident who served as the gabbai of the Ksav Sofer shul on Empire Boulevard for many years, passed away.
Mrs. Chava (Yvette) Suissa, 82, OBM
April 16, 2019
Mrs. Chava (Yvette) Suissa of Montreal, Canada, who devoted much time to helping others, passed away on the Rebbe’s birthday, Yud Aleph Nissan.
Mrs. Shterna Sara Kalmanson, 69, OBM
April 16, 2019
Mrs. Shterna Sara Kalmanson, daughter of the Mashpia Rabbi Heshel Ceitlin who spent her life on Shlichus in Cincinnati, passed away on the Rebbe’s birthday.
Menachem Korolitzky, 67, OBM
April 15, 2019
R’ Menachem Korolitzky, of Kfar Chabad, Israel, passed away after an illness at the age of 67.
Rabbi Yigal Pizem, 78, OBM
April 14, 2019
Rabbi Yigal Pizem, a descendent of the Baal Shem Tov who was the first Shliach in Israel’s northern Krayot townships, passed away.
Mrs. Raya Rivkin, 92, OBM
April 14, 2019
Mrs. Raya Rivkin (nee Chein), a long-time Crown Heights resident whose roots trace back to an illustrious Chabad family in Russia, passed away.
Rabbi Aharon Serebryanski, OBM
April 13, 2019
Rabbi Aharon Serebryanski, Director of “Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch” in Australia and senior Head Shliach in Melbourne, passed away.
Mrs. Rivka Rut Schwartz, OBM
April 12, 2019
Mrs. Rivka Rut Schwartz of Petach Tikvah, Israel and mother of Mrs. Dikla Steinmetz of Crown Heights passed away.
Sholom Dovber Rosen, 6 Mo, OBM
April 11, 2019
Tragedy: Sholom Dovber Rosen, 6 month old son of Avi and Shoshana Rosen of Kfar Chabad, Israel, passed away suddenly.
Aron (Harry) Mendelsohn, 55, OBM
April 8, 2019
Mr. Aron (Harry) Mendelsohn, a longtime Crown Heights resident and donor to Chabad causes, passed away.
Mrs. Ettel Vogel, 87, OBM
April 8, 2019
Mrs. Ettel Vogel, a resident of London, England, passed away on Sunday at the age of 87.
Robert Avraham Gold, 92, OBM
April 5, 2019
Robert Avraham Gold of Newton, MA, a supporter of many Jewish causes and father of Eliezer Gold of Crown Heights, passed away.
Sylvia Borenstein, 95, OBM
April 5, 2019
Mrs. Tzivia Libba Borenstein, a long-time member of the Chabad community in Montreal, passed away.
Adie Kazarnovsky, 86, OBM
April 5, 2019
Mrs. Chaya Aida Leah (Adie) Kazarnovsky, of Worcester, MA and Monsey, NY, passed away.
Toby (Shemtov) Levy, OBM
April 4, 2019
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Toby (Shemtov) Levy of Brooklyn, NY.
Rabbi Tzvi Weisblum, 84, OBM
April 3, 2019
Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi Weisblum, a descendant of Chassidus Gur and brother of Mrs. Pnina Slonim of Crown Heights, passed away.
Mrs. Rhoda Hecht, OBM
April 2, 2019
Mrs. Raizel (Rhoda) Hecht of Boca Raton, FL and mother of Asher Hecht of Crown Heights, passed away.
Skulener Rebbe, 95, OBM
April 1, 2019
Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who lived in Crown Heights and whom the Rebbe helped save from Romanian prison, passed away. Update: Funeral tomorrow in Boro Park, street closures.
Rabbi Moshe Landa, 83, OBM
March 30, 2019
Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Landa, the prominent Chief Rabbi of Bnei Brak who oversaw a sprawling kosher agency, passed away.
Rebbetzin Shula Kazen, 96, OBM
March 24, 2019
Rebbetzin Shula Shifra Kazen, matriarch of a large Lubavitch family and legendary Shlucha in Cleveland, Ohio for over 6 decades, passed away.
Mrs. Faiga (Fanya) Bart, 91, OBM
March 21, 2019
Mrs. Faiga (Fanya) Bart, a long time Crown Heights resident who survived the war to build a large Chabad family, passed away on Purim morning.
Rabbi Hillel Katzman, 86, OBM
March 19, 2019
Rabbi Hillel Katzman, one of the first students in the Chabad Yeshiva in Samarkand who moved to Crown Heights, passed away.
Rabbi Yitzchok Markowitz, 94, OBM
March 16, 2019
Rabbi Dr. Yitzchok Markowitz, an author and educator from Bnei Brak, Israel, and father of R’ Nachum Markowitz of Crown Heights, passed away on Shabbos.
Rabbi Amram Blau, 80, OBM
March 14, 2019
Tragedy in Jerusalem: Rabbi Amram Blau, the chossid who was the “father” of orphans, was killed in a bus accident.
Meir Benjaminson, 3 Mo., OBM
March 10, 2019
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Meir Benjaminson, 3 month old son of Shluchim Lipa and Chaya Benjaminson of Palm Aire, FL.
Rabbi Velvel Kesselman, 91, OBM
March 10, 2019
Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf (Velvel) Kesselman, one of the elder Chabad Chasidim and Mashpia in Kfar Chabad, Israel, passed away.
Rivkah Ben-Shachar, 92, OBM
March 8, 2019
Mrs. Rivkah Elkah Ben-Shachar of Kfar Chabad, mother of Chemda Greenfeld of Crown Heights, passed away.
Rabbi Zalman Baras, 38, OBM
March 7, 2019
Rabbi Zalman Baras, a young father of 7 and Mashpia in the Cincinnati Yeshiva, passed away after battling an illness.
Leah Raizel Helman, OBM
March 7, 2019
Mrs. Leah Raizel Helman, a longtime resident of Kfar Chabad, Israel, and daughter of Rabbi Yehuda Shmotkin OBM, passed away.
Motti Horowitz, 60, OBM
March 6, 2019
Motti Horowitz, a resident of Coral Springs, Florida, passed away, his family will be sitting Shiva in Boro Park.
Rabbi Yossef Attuil, 61, OBM
March 6, 2019
Rabbi Yossef Attuil, the successful Shliach of the 19th arrondissement of Paris who himself was a Baal Teshuva, passed away suddenly.
Rabbi Moshe Orenstein, 68, OBM
February 20, 2019
Rabbi Moshe Orenstein, Head Mashpia of the Chabad Yeshiva in Tzfas who has educated thousands of students in Chassidus, passed away.
R’ Yosef Simcha Blizinsky, 86, OBM
February 20, 2019
R’ Yosef Simcha Blizinsky (ben R’ Meir Sholom), from the elder Anash of Crown Heights, passed away.
Golda Mindel Grossman, OBM
February 17, 2019
Mrs. Golda Mindel Grossman, mother of Karen Cohen of Potomac, MD, passed away.
R Avraham Tzvi Landa, 100, OBM
February 15, 2019
Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Landa OBM, the eldest living Chossid who survived the Second World War by escaping to Shanghai, passed away.
Jerry Simon, 84, OBM
February 9, 2019
R’ Jerry Simon, from the early students of Tomchei Tmimim in New York and a charitable caterer in Crown Heights, passed away.
Moshe Deitsch, 26, OBM
February 8, 2019
Moshe Deitsch, raised in New Haven and who lived in Crown Heights, passed away on Friday at the age of 26.
Rabbi Mendel Baumgarten, 92, OBM
February 8, 2019
Rabbi Mendel Baumgarten, patriarch of a large Lubavitcher family whose open home hosted many guests, passed away on Friday.
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, 67, OBM
February 6, 2019
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, who raised billions for the poor, assisted Chabad worldwide and helped release Sholom Rubashkin, passed away.
Mrs. Jill Katz, 91, OBM
February 4, 2019
Mrs. Jill Katz, a renowned, respected and beloved matriarch and Rebbetzin in Pretoria, South Africa, passed away on Shabbos.
Mrs. Riva Bisk, 85, OBM
February 3, 2019
Mrs. Rivka (Riva) Bisk, who was born in Russia, taught in Nachlas Har Chabad and later relocated to Toronto, Canada, passed away.
Leibel (Larry) Shatkin, 72, OBM
February 2, 2019
Mr. Leibel (Larry) Shatkin, a long time resident of North Miami Beach, FL, and member of Bais Menachem Shul, passed away.
Rabbi Shea Wilansky, 87, OBM
January 26, 2019
Rabbi Yehoshua Wilansky, a longtime Crown Heights resident who was one of the first students of Tomchei Temimim in New York, passed away.
Shterna Sara Partouch, 69, OBM
January 22, 2019
Mrs. Shterna Sara Partouch (Notik) of in Yerres, France, passed away at 69. Her siblings are sitting Shiva in Crown Heights.
Rabbi Avrohom Lison, 96, OBM
January 21, 2019
Rabbi Avrohom Lison, an elder chossid who learned in the Yeshiva of Ponevezh and married the daughter of a known Mashpia, passed away.
Ray Perelman, 101, OBM
January 16, 2019
Investor Ray Perelman, who supported Chabad in Philadelphia and father of businessman Ronald Perelman, passed away.
Mr. Efraim Steinmetz, OBM
January 12, 2019
Mr. Efraim Steinmetz, an early founder of Chabad of Venezuela and donor to many Chabad causes, passed away on Friday.
R’ Moshe Bernstein, 81, OBM
January 10, 2019
R’ Moshe Bernstein, brother of Rabbi Noach Bernstein of Crown Heights, passed away.
Rabbi Yonah Avtzon, 61, OBM
January 9, 2019
Rabbi Yonah Avtzon, director of Sichos In English publishers and a longtime Crown Heights Shadchan, passed away suddenly on Wednesday morning.
Rivka Levy, 25, OBM
December 28, 2018
Rivka Levy bas Rabbi Don Yoel Levy suddenly and tragically passed away at the age of 25.
Update:
Sholom DovBer Levitin, 73, OBM
December 27, 2018
Reb Sholom DovBer Levitin, a longtime Crown Heights resident, passed away on Thursday morning.
Reb Shmuel Yakov Finck, 63, OBM
December 27, 2018
Shmuel Finck, a father and grandfather from Crown Heights who supported many Shluchim and Chabad causes, passed away on Thursday.
R. Yaacov Boruch Gansburg, 87, OBM
December 26, 2018
Reb Yaacov Boruch Gansburg, father and grandfather of a large Chabad family, passed away on Wednesday.
Yehoshua Hecht, 44, OBM
December 26, 2018
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Yeshoshua Hecht, of Brooklyn, NY.
Rabbi Yaakov S. Goldberg, 77, OBM
December 24, 2018
Rabbi Yaakov Shlomo Goldberg of Crown Heights, who typeset the Rebbe’s sichos and kovtzim for many years, passed away on Sunday.
Avinoam Schneersohn, 87, OBM
December 22, 2018
Avinoam Schneersohn, an 8th generation descendant of the Alter Rebbe who lived in Lakewood, NJ, passed away on Friday.
R’ Chatzkel Shpringer, 94, OBM
December 21, 2018
R’ Chatzkel Shpringer, an iconic chossid and winemaker in Kfar Chabad and father of 2 Crown Heights residents, passed away.
Norma E. Hillman, 92, OBM
December 20, 2018
Norma Hillman, long-time Chabad community member in New York and Miami and supporter of Chabad and Jewish causes, passed away.
Avrohom Yosef Lieblich, 95, OBM
December 20, 2018
Avrohom Yosef Lieblich, who survived the Holocaust to build a large Jewish family, passed away on Thursday.
Levi Yitzchak Sternberg, 63, OBM
December 17, 2018
Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Sternberg, a resident of Bnei Brak, Israel and brother of Rabbi Nochum Sternberg of Crown Heights, passed away.
Moshe Koshanfar, 83, OBM
December 16, 2018
R’ Moshe Koshanfar, longtime Gabbi of the Persian Shul of Crown Heights, passed away.
Sholom Dovber Kolodny, OBM
December 13, 2018
Sholom Dovber Kolodny, a resident of Jerusalem and brother of Yossy Kolodny of Crown Heights, passed away.
Doreen Perlman, 90, OBM
December 12, 2018
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Doreen Perlman, mother of Henna White of Brooklyn, NY.
Mrs. Yehudis Hager, 87, OBM
December 9, 2018
Rebbetzin Judith Hager, long time resident of Crown Heights, passed away on the seventh day of Chanukah.
Rabbi Berel Halon, 83, OBM
December 5, 2018
Rabbi Berel Halon of Crown Heights passed away on Tuesday night, the third night of Chanukah.
Itzik Shneerson, 54, OBM
December 2, 2018
Itzik Shneerson, a resident of Kfar Chabad, Israel and brother of Mrs. Yadida Flint of Crown Heights, passed away.
Yitzchak Rabinowitz, 55, OBM
December 1, 2018
Yitzchak Rabinowitz, a resident of both Columbus, Ohio and Jerusalem and supporter of Columbus Chabad, passed away suddenly after suffering a heart attack.
Avraham Simcha Eckhaus, OBM
November 30, 2018
Rabbi Avraham Simcha Eckhaus, a resident of Cedarhurst, NY passed away suddenly on Wednesday.
Dee-Dee Pelled, 66, OBM
November 30, 2018
Mrs. Dee-Dee Pelled, a beloved mother and grandmother from Pittsburgh, passed away following a car accident on Thursday.
Mrs. Denise Swimmer, 69, OBM
November 27, 2018
Mrs. Denise Swimmer, a member of the Chabad community of Johannesburg, South Africa, passed away on Sunday.
Rabbi Chaim Rubin, 86, OBM
November 24, 2018
Rabbi Chaim Rubin, Rov of Beis Dovid Gershon shul on New York Avenue in Crown Heights, passed away.
Leslie (Aliza) Seigel, 61, OBM
November 22, 2018
Mrs. Leslie (Alizah) Seigel, a resident of Crown Heights for many years and most recently of Monsey, NY, passed away at the age of 61.
Mrs. Rivka Davidson, OBM
November 21, 2018
Mrs. Rivka Davidson, a resident of Lod, Israel and sister of Mendel Akselrod of Crown Heights, passed away.
Mrs. Riva Chein, 90, OBM
November 19, 2018
Mrs. Riva Chein, wife of R’ Peretz Chein OBM who was the longtime cook for bochurim in Lubavitcher Yeshiva, passed away.
Mrs. Marion Raitman, 88, OBM
November 14, 2018
Mrs. Miriam (Marion) Raitman, a member of the Chabad community of Melbourne, Australia, passed away.
Chaim Greenberg, 71, OBM
November 13, 2018
Chaim Greenberg, a longtime Crown Heights resident, passed away on Monday night.
Dr. Joel Recht, OBM
November 6, 2018
Dr. Joel (Yechiel Michoel) Recht of Monsey, NY, father of Mrs. Devorah Lieberman of Crown Heights, passed away.
Mrs. Basia Serafini, OBM
November 4, 2018
Mrs. Basia Serafini, a longtime Crown Heights resident on Empire Boulevard, passed away this week.
Dovid Ziskind, 44, OBM
November 2, 2018
Dovid Ziskind, a bochur and lawyer from Crown Heights, passed away on Friday.
Leba Chana (Eloise) Lubin, OBM
October 30, 2018
Mrs. Leba Chana (Eloise) Lubin, a longtime pillar and active member of the Anash community in Chicago, passed away.
Rabbi Chaim Boruch Wolpin, OBM
October 26, 2018
Rabbi Chaim Boruch Wolpin, Rosh Yeshivah of Karlin Stolin in Boro Park and a regular at the Global Siyum Harambam, passed away.
Ari Perl, 5 Months, OBM
October 26, 2018
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of 5 month old Aryeh Leib Perl, a young baby who touched many around the world in his short life.
R’ Yakov Rogatsky, 71, OBM
October 25, 2018
R’ Yakov Rogatsky, a longtime Crown Heights resident and father of a Chabad family, passed away.
Rabbi Mordechai Olidort, OBM
October 23, 2018
Rabbi Mordechai Olidort, from the elders of Anash in Yerushalayim, Israel, passed away on 14 Cheshvan, 5779.
Yaakov Ezra Wasser, 63, OBM
October 23, 2018
Yaakov Ezra Wasser, a longtime resident of Crown Heights who worked in the real estate business, passed away.
Rabbi Levi Hezkia, 74, OBM
October 22, 2018
Rabbi Levi Hezkia, a Chabad Shliach in Milan, Italy, who also served as a mohel throughout Europe, passed away on Shabbos.
Mrs. Shulamis Bechhofer, 87, OBM
October 9, 2018
Mrs. Shulamis Bechhofer, eldest sibling of the illustrious Schochet family who survived the Holocaust, passed away.
Leon Teitzman, 94, OBM
October 8, 2018
Aryeh Leib (Leon) Teitzman, grandfather of a Chabad family, passed away at the age of 94.
October 2, 2018
Tragedy over Simchas Torah: Rabbi Mendy Sasonkin, a dynamic Shliach in Ohio, passed away leaving a wife, 10 children and his community.
October 2, 2018
Shocking Tragedy: 24 year old Lubavitch bochur Eliyahu Moscowitz HY”D was killed in a shooting walking in a Chicago park on Yom Tov.
September 27, 2018
Mrs. Leah (Lily) Inglis of Edgware, London, grandmother of a Chabad family, passed away on the second day of Sukkos.
September 20, 2018
R’ Kalman Brikman, a longtime Crown Heights resident who was active in the community, passed away on Yom Kippur.
September 19, 2018
Mrs. Chaya Zelda (Clara) Kramer, a pillar of the Lubavitch community in Montreal and wife of Rabbi Leib Kramer OBM, passed away on Yom Kippur.
September 16, 2018
Mrs. Edith Cohen, who was dedicated to the strengthening of Jewish life in the community of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, passed away.
September 15, 2018
Mrs. Faygie Gross, a longtime resident of Crown Heights and mother and grandmother of a Chabad family, passed away on Shabbos.
September 13, 2018
Dr. Malka Fraenkel, a sought-after doctor in Dublin and London, passed away on Friday morning in Israel.
