Yizkor: The Souls We Lost in 5781

Today, 6 Av, marks the second Yartzeit of Rabbi Yoel Kahn, a figure of historic proportions who was the preeminent scholar and mashpia of Chassidus and the teachings of the Rebbe who passed away 2 years ago at the age of 91.

R' Yoske Wilmowsky, a longtime resident of Crown Heights who was a manager at the Central Tomchei Temimim Yeshiva dormitory for many years, passed away on Shabbos, 27 Elul, 5781.

R' Dovi Ruchamkin, a businessman and resident of the Kfar Chabad village who was known for his kindness, passed away suddenly. He leaves behind his wife, 5 children, parents, siblings and in-laws.

Jeffrey Firestone, a beloved father, lawyer and active member of Chabad in Shenzhen, China who mentored many, passed away.

Rabbi Yosef Maatuf, an educator who influenced thousands of girls as the principal of the main Chabad school for girls in Nachlas Har Chabad, Israel, passed away.

Tzvi Fellig, a young husband and father from Miami Beach, Florida, passed away on Sunday after a long illness. Update: Levaya on Monday at 1:30 PM.

R' Menachem (Manny) Dworcan, a founding member of the Lubavitch community in South Africa and a beloved pillar of the Johannesburg community, passed away on Shabbos.

Avi Marshall , a young man who lived in South Florida, passed away on Wednesday, 10 Elul, 5781.

Rabbi Hershel Lan, a longtime resident of Crown Heights, passed away on Shabbos.

Melvin Cousin, a father and grandfather from Edgware, London, and brother of Rabbi Aaron Cousin of Crown Heights, passed away.

Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi Holtzman, a Holocaust survivor who met the Rebbe at an orphanage, was close with Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson and lived in Antwerp and Crown Heights, was killed in a car accident. Levaya on Friday.

R' Hirschel Pekkar, a renowned Crown Heights silversmith who created the famous Menorah which stands each Chanukah in 770 Eastern Parkway, passed away on Thursday, 27 Av, 5781. Update: Levaya Friday at 2:45 PM.

Mrs. Sarah Chayempour, beloved mother and grandmother of a Chabad family, passed away on Thursday, 27 Av, 5781.

Hentshe (Eliane) Vogel of London, England passed away on Tuesday, 25 Av, 5781.

R’ Hershel Basher, a longtime beloved and active community member of Beis Menachem Chabad of North Miami Beach, passed away on Shabbos, 22 Av, 5781.

Mrs. Faigie Hershcovich, a beloved mother and grandmother and doula who assisted in hundreds of births in Montreal, passed away on Sunday, 23 Av, 5781.

Mordechai Chassin, a young Chabad husband and father of 5 from Beer Sheva, Israel, passed away from complications due to coronavirus.

Rabbi Sholom Jacobson, a chossid and Mashpia in Crown Heights who dedicated his life to publishing the Rebbe‘s sichos and printing editions of the Alter Rebbe‘s Tanya, passed away. The levaya will be on Wednesday.

Millye Cohen, who raised her family with strong Jewish values in Uniontown, Pennsylvania and then supported her daughters becoming baal teshuvas and building Chabad families in Crown Heights and Pittsburgh, passed away.

Rabbi Yitzchok Feigelstock, longtime Rosh Yeshiva of Long Beach in New York who merited to meet the Frierdiker Rebbe in Austria and whose brother was a notable Chabad principal in Montreal, passed away.

Rabbi Yoel Kahn, a once-in-a-century Chassidic scholar who was the preeminent master of the Rebbe‘s teachings and has raised generations of Chassidim as Head Mashpia of the Central Chabad Yeshiva, passed away.

Tragedy in Chicago: 9-year-old Shmuel Hershel Weinberger, the son of Shamai and Sara Leah Weinberger, was struck and killed by a vehicle and passed away.

Shlomo (Andre) Sitbon, a Lubavitcher drummer who performed with famous French singers as well as Jewish stars Mordechai Ben David and Avraham Fried, passed away. He lived longer than what doctors predicted.

R' Moshe Friedman, a longtime Crown Heights resident who worked in Shalom Center and FREE Shul for many years, passed away.

Mrs. Faigy Bassman, a beloved mother and grandmother and pillar of the Chicago Chabad community, passed away on Friday, 29 Tammuz, 5781.

R’ Elozer Felberbaum, a resident of Monsey, NY, and father of Gershon Felberbaum of Crown Heights, passed away.

R' Tzvi and Itty Ainsworth, a beloved Chabad couple from Australia who recently moved to Florida, are among the people killed in the collapse of the condo building in Surfside, Miami-Dade Police announced. Update: Levaya on Tuesday in New York.

Rabbi Pinye Korf, who followed his father's footsteps to serve as a Mashpia for many years, was attacked for teaching Chassidus and was a majestic Chassidic figure in the Crown Heights neighborhood, passed away. Update: Levaya today at 3:00 PM at 770.

R' Menachem Mendel Aronow, one of the founding members of the Chabad community in Toronto, Canada, and father of a large family, passed away a few months after his wife. Update: The Levaya will take place Wednesday, passing by 770 at 3:30 PM.

Mrs. Frances (Faiga Toba) Garellek, mother of Marsha Ostrov of Crown Heights, passed away on Sunday, 3 Tammuz, 5781.

Hadassah Lebovic, a beloved young Chabad girl and 6th-grade student at Beis Rivkah in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, passed away on Sunday, 3 Tammuz, 5781. Update: Levaya Sunday passing Bais Rivka at 3:50 pm, 770 4 pm, and Montefiore Cemetery 4:50 pm.

R’ Michoel Ulman, a respected member of the Sydney Chabad community, passed away on Sunday, 3 Tammuz, 5781.

Rabbi Yitzchok Ezagui, a Lubavitcher chossid who founded and was the rov of a first of its kind Sephardic Shul in Montreal and received guidance from the Rebbe, passed away on Erev Shabbos, Rosh Chodesh Tammuz. Update: Levaya to pass 770 at 2:30 PM.

Mrs. Reesa Wenger, a beloved member of the Chabad community in Montreal and a dedicated teacher at Beth Rivkah Academy, passed away leaving a husband and 5 children. Levaya will be held Friday.

Dekel Levy, a young husband and father from Rehovot, Israel, who was dedicated to Mivtza Tefillin, passed away after many months of battling coronavirus.

Rabbi Shalom Elmaleh, a longtime Shliach in Milan, Italy, who also ran a Kosher supervision organization for many years, passed away.

Jacky Diament, of Ramot Bet, Israel, and formerly of Philadelphia, passed away on Wednesday, 22 Sivan, 5781.

Mrs. Leah Miriam Heidingsfeld, a mother and grandmother from Australia and more recently Los Angeles, passed away. Levaya today in Los Angeles.

R’ Noach Baum, a resident of Montreal who survived the war to build a proud Jewish family, passed away on Monday, 20 Sivan, 5781.

With profound sadness, we share that Michoel Raskin, originally from Melbourne, Australia, passed away suddenly on Friday.

Lisa Mitchell, daughter of Myra Mionis and sister of Rochel Masha Mitchell of Crown Heights, passed away.

Yehuda Yitzhar (Grant) Gelker, a longtime Crown Heights resident, passed away on Friday, 10 Sivan, 5781. Levaya today at 1:45 PM.

Mrs. Sora Perel Rosen, a resident of Crown Heights who worked with children as a dedicated therapist, passed away on Shabbos at the age of 74. Because of Shavuos, the family will not be sitting Shiva.

R' Yosef Veshedsky, a longtime Crown Heights resident, passed away on Wednesday, 8 Sivan, 5781.

Mrs. Chaye Nechama Davidson (nee Cukier), a mother and grandmother from Detroit, Michigan, passed away on Sunday, 5 Sivan, 5781. Levaya: Wednesday at 12:40 pm in New York.

Rabbi Meyer Zajac, a Chabad chossid who was a generous donor to Torah institutions and publications and who founded Beit Yaacov school in S. Paulo, Brazil, passed away.

Rabbi Shlomo Aharon Henig, the renowned Sofer Stam from Jerusalem entrusted with writing the unity Sefer Torahs for children as part of the Rebbe’s campaign and an expert in the Alter Rebbe‘s writing, passed away.

Mrs. Ruth Biber, who ran a butcher shop in Leeds, England alongside her husband Geoffrey (Yehuda) Biber, and mother of Mrs. Hindy Lewis, passed away on Wednesday.

Chana Aidel Ottenstein, a beloved wife and mother from Crown Heights, passed away on Tuesday, 29 Iyar, 5781.

Mrs. Gloria Sitzman, a resident of Lexington and Waltham in Massachusetts and Sun City West, Arizona, passed away on Monday. Her son Yitzchok Wagshul will be sitting Shiva in Crown Heights.

Mrs. Mindel Sheynin (née Hager), a resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who survived communist Russia and later lived in Crown Heights, passed away. The Levaya will be today in New York.

Rabbi Chaim Elozor Gorelik, a spirited chossid and Shliach who built the headstone for the Rebbe's father during Communist times and was a father figure for the Russian-speaking community in Melbourne, Australia, passed away.

Mrs. Selma Bacher, one of the founders of the Jewish community in Johannesburg, South Africa, and a beloved educator for many decades, passed away on Monday.

Shock in Baltimore: 31-year-old Efraim Gordon, a young Chabad man from Israel who was visiting Baltimore for a family wedding was shot and killed Sunday evening.

Rebbetzin Golda Aronow, wife of Reb Menachem Mendel Hakohen Aronow, and one of the founding members of the Toronto Chabad community known for her exemplary Hachnosas Orchim, passed away on Shabbos. Update: Levaya on Monday.

Rabbi Hershel Pfeffer, one of the elder chassidim of Pittsburgh who was sent there by the Frierdiker Rebbe and served as a shochet, sofer stam and gabbai of the Lubavitch Center, passed away. His levaya will pass by 770 Eastern Parkway on Monday morning.

R’ Shimon Matlon, a smiling father of 11 children and a regular at the Chabad shul in Beitar Illit who was named after Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, is one of the victims of the Mount Meron tragedy in Israel on Lag BaOmer.

Rebbetzin Gitel Leah Weberman, one of the founding pillars of the Jewish community in Miami Beach, FL, passed away on Friday, 18 Iyar, 5781.

R’ Ariel Tzadik, an active member of the Chabad community in Jerusalem was one of the victims killed in the Mount Meron tragedy on Thursday night, Lag BaOmer.

R' David Gollub, an accountant and an active member of the Chabad community in the Greater Los Angeles area in California, passed away. He is survived by his wife, 11 children and many grandchildren. The funeral will be in Tzfas.

R' Berel Shaikevitz, a humble chossid who learned in the underground yeshiva in Tashkent and built a successful kosher poultry and meat company, passed away.

Mrs. Yenta Perel Feiner, who survived the Second World War by working in Siberia and later moved to the United States to build a family in Los Angeles and receive guidance from the Rebbe, passed away on Friday.

Mr. Herb Schulman of the Chabad Community in Coral Springs, Florida beloved friend to many, passed away.

Mrs. Channa Arnold, a Shlucha in Los Angeles for 45 years and beloved teacher, passed away.

Reb Yisroel Meir Brill, a Chabad chossid and beloved husband and father from Passaic, NJ, passed away on Shabbos, 28 Nissan, 5781.

Mrs. Miriam Bentolila, Chabad Shlucha in the Congo who grew up in Milan, Italy, and helped build Jewish life in central Africa, passed away after an illness.

R’ Leibel Denburg, an elder member and supporter of the Lubavitch community in Montreal, Canada, who had a connection with Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, passed away on Thursday, Chol Hamoed Pesach.

Miriam Bracha Segal, a Shlucha in Phuket, Thailand, passed away at the age of 37 after battling a terrible illness.

R' Refael Zamir, an educator from Tel Aviv, Israel, who was devoted to the Rebbe's Mivtzoim along with his wife Rochel, passed away.

Mrs. Riva Kaplinsky, a longtime beloved teacher known as “Morah Riva” who taught generations of young children in Crown Heights, passed away on Wednesday.

Mrs. Leah Rivkah Greenberg, matriarch of a Chabad family and wife of Rabbi Yosef Greenberg OBM of Bnei Brak, Israel, passed away.

Mendy Cohen, the son of Ufaratzta book publisher Rabbi Yitzchak Cohen of Kfar Chabad, was killed in a terrible car accident on Erev Shabbos Hagadol in Naharia, Israel. He was 24 and the funeral took place on Chol Hamoed Pesach.

Mrs. Hindel Klausner, matriarch of a large family from Antwerp, Belgium, passed away on Shabbos, 14 Nissan, 5781.

Rabbi Aharon Tawil, who was influenced by Argentina's first Shliach Rabbi Berel Baumgarten OBM and whom the Rebbe personally escorted as he went on Shlichus and asked to sing at farbrengens in 770, passed away on Thursday.

Yankel (Zaidy) Rigler, a Chabad community member formerly of Crown Heights and more recently of Montreal, passed away on Tuesday, 10 Nissan, 5781.

Rabbi Chaim Gurevitch, a Crown Heights chossid who helped Colel Chabad feed the poor, passed away after being hit by a car during Mivtza Matzah. Update: Levaya Wednesday at 10 am.

Mrs. Nita (Necha) Weisz, a descendant of the Gaon Reb Chaim Volozhiner, who kept her faith during the Second World War and was the first teacher of the Jewish school in Manchester, England, passed away.

R' Berel Zisman, a beloved father and grandfather who survived the Holocaust to build a proud Jewish family, passed away on Friday, 28 Adar, 5781.

Tamar Rosenthal, a beloved mother from Melbourne, Australia, who courageously battled an illness and inspired many around the world with her strength and positivity, passed away on Erev Shabbos.

Dovid Moshe Aryeh Dinari, a bochur from Petach Tikvah, Israel, tragically passed away in a horrific accident on Friday when the vehicle he was driving caught fire.

Mrs. Devorah Tapp, mother of Avi Tapp of Crown Heights, passed away on Thursday, 27 Adar, 5781.

Yaacov Hahn, resident of West Palm Beach, Florida and father of Shmuel Hahn of Crown Heights and Shlomo Hahn, passed away Thursday night.

Mrs. Margaret Plotke, a resident of Los Angeles and the proud matriarch of a large Jewish family, passed away on Tuesday.

Lina Tovshteyn, a longtime Crown Heights resident known for her hospitality to Russian-speaking bochurim and Shluchim, passed away from complications of COVID19 only a week after the passing of her husband.

David Mintz, founder and CEO of the trailblazing Tofutti brand of non-dairy ice cream and cheese who merited to receive business guidance and blessings from the Rebbe and was a generous donor to Chabad causes around the world, passed away.

Mrs. Vika Thaler, a Holocaust survivor from Yerushalayim, Israel, and mother of Mrs. Raizel Landa of Crown Heights, passed away on Monday.

Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Charitonow, a longtime Crown Heights resident, passed away on Motzei Shabbos, 9 Adar, 5781.

Rivka Hurwitz, a member of the Chabad community in Baltimore who inspired thousands with her Torah classes, passed away on Shabbos.

With profound sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Devorah Leah Liberow of London, England after a brief illness at the young age of 19.

Mrs. Tzivia Dorfman, a proud Jewish mother and grandmother from Montreal, Canada, passed away on Wednesday, 5 Adar, 5781.

Motl (Marik) Tovshteyn, a longtime Crown Heights resident who survived Communism to build a proud Jewish family, passed away from complications of COVID19.

Rabbi Avrohom Shmuel Bukiet, a member of the English-speaking group of Shluchim the Rebbe sent to Israel who served as a Mashpia and authored 49 seforim, passed away right after his 70th birthday.

Mrs. Esther Hadas Roumani, resident of Tel Aviv, Israel, and mother of Shimon Roumani of Crown Heights, passed away on Wednesday 5 Adar, 5781.

Dr. Ben Landa, a Chabad father and grandfather from Vancouver, BC passed away on Shabbos, 1 Adar, 5781.

Yaakov Chairsky, a dedicated chossid and longtime member of the Tzemach Tzedek Synagogue and Kolel in Tsfat known for never missing an opportunity for a farbrengen and a Chasidic vort, passed away on Sunday.

Mrs. Devorah Frommer, a mother and grandmother of a Chabad family who was involved in Nshei Chabad in Israel, passed away on Shabbos.

Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik, Head Shliach of Italy and founder of the Rabbinical Center of Europe who was one of the first Shluchim of the Rebbe and radiated love to Chassidim, passed away on Shabbos.

Rabbi Chananya Yosef Eisenbach, an outstanding gaon and prolific author who led Chabad Yeshivos in Kiryat Gat, Jerusalem, Bnei Brak and Buenos Aires, passed away on Friday.

R' Baruch Kievman, a devoted Chossid and longtime Crown Heights resident who owned a shoe store on Kingston Avenue for many years, passed away on Monday, 26 Shvat, 5781. Levaya today at 2:30 pm.

Mr. Aryeh Schutzberger, a member of the Stamford Hill community in London, England, passed away on Thursday, 22 Shvat, 5781.

Rabbi Yisroel Rapoport, Chabad Shliach of Cumberland County and Rabbi of Congregation Sons of Jacob in Vineland, New Jersey, passed away. Levaya: Thursday 1:00 PM passing 770.

Mrs. Brouria Hoffinger, a former resident of Crown Heights and more recently of Israel, passed away on Wednesday, 21 Shvat, 5781.

Mrs. Malka (Doris) Lazar, a Holocaust survivor and longtime member of the Chabad community in Montreal, passed away on Tuesday.

Mrs. Ruthie Simon, a beloved member of the Chabad community of Manchester, England, who served as cook in the Manchester Yeshiva with her husband Reb Sholom Simon and known as a baalas chesed, passed away.

Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, a Chassidic rabbi and renowned psychiatrist who helped countless people in their path of healing, recovery and connection to Torah, passed away at the age of 90.

Rabbi Yechezkel Hakohen Reichman, a respected member of the Chabad community in Tel Aviv, Israel, passed away on Sunday. 2 of his sons live in Crown Heights.

Mrs. Rochel Goldberg, wife of Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg obm of Jerusalem, passed away on Shabbos, 17 Shvat, 5781.

Rabbi Chaim Osher Zelig Salomon, a dedicated educator and respected member of the Chabad community in Jerusalem, Israel, passed away on Sunday, 11 Shvat, 5781.

Yisroel Reuven Binyamin Schoenberg, beloved husband and father from Jerusalem and formerly of California, passed away on Shabbos, Yud Shevat after a long illness which he battled with dignity and courage.

Rabbi Yehuda Dukes, a beloved husband and father who inspired thousands around the world with his unshakable faith as he battled COVID 19, passed away on Thursday, 8 Shvat, 5781. UPDATE: Levaya today, passing by 770 at 3:00 PM and Old Montefiore Cemetery at 4:00 PM.

Chani Saacks – Kellner, a beloved wife and mother who lived in Lakewood, NJ, passed away suddenly on Thursday, 8 Shvat, 5781.

Mitchel J. Schapira, an attorney in Alaska who lived in recent years in Crown Heights, passed away. Levaya: Thursday passing 770 at 1:45 PM.

Joseph Folger, a resident of Boro Park and co-owner of the iconic Beigel's Bakery which sold packaged kosher bread and pastries to grocery stores, supermarkets, airlines and schools, passed away at 70.

Rabbi Dovid Zaoui, who led a Chabad shul in an affluent Neuilly-sur-Seine suburb of Paris and was friendly with former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, passed away from a heart attack on Monday.

Rabbi Elie Cohen, a brilliant Lubavitcher chossid who was instructed by the Rebbe to become a professor of mathematics and to deliver Torah and Chassidus classes in Montreal, passed away of Covid-19 complications.

Shloma Zalman Coleman, a resident of Jerusalem who loved assisting people visiting kivrei tzadikim, contacted Covid-19 during his travel to Haditch, Ukraine, to commemorate the Alter Rebbe‘s yartzeit. He passed away on Sunday.

Mrs. Edith Palace, a mother and grandmother originally from England and recently of Petach Tikvah, Israel, passed away on Sunday, 4 Shvat, 5781.

Naftali Feldman, a beloved father and grandfather of a Chabad family from Flatbush, Brooklyn, passed away on Friday, 2 Shvat, 5781.

Mrs. Mareh Nisselevitch, who lived through Communist oppression to build a Chabad family with her renowned husband R' Moishe Nisselevitch OBM, passed away. Her brother Rabbi Binyomin Malachovsky is sitting Shiva in Crown Heights.

Mrs. Bella Schwey, longtime Crown Heights resident and more recently of Oak Park, Michigan, and widow of the late HaRav Boruch Sholom Schwey obm, passed away.

Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Sawilowsky, a member of the Detroit Chabad community and professor at Wayne State University, passed away.

Sheldon Adelson, one of the richest people in the world who was a fierce supporter of Israel and generously donated to Republican causes, as well as Jewish and Chabad institutions, passed away on Monday night.

Rabbi Avraham Flint, a Chossid and patriarch of a Chabad family from Crown Heights who was active in the CHJCC and was known for his Torah knowledge, passed away on Sunday, 26 Teves, 5781.

Mrs. Mina Horowitz, a beloved mother and grandmother, passed away on Friday the 24th of Teves, 5781.

Rabbi Yisroel Jacobs of London, England, passed away on Shabbos, 25 Teves, 5781.

Devorah Goldhair, a member of the Chabad of Riverdale community, passed away on Thursday. Levaya today at 10:15 AM at 770 and on Zoom.

Mrs. Devorah Miller, a resident of Flatbush and sister of Rabbi Noach Bernstein of Crown Heights, passed away.

Mrs. Miriam Feldman, wife of longtime Crown Heights physician Dr. Moshe Feldman, passed away on Tuesday, 22 Teves, 5781.

Mrs. Sarah Avraham, mother of Crown Heights resident Tiki Dean, has passed away in Israel.

Chana Pontos, the youngest child of Shlomo and Rifka Pontos who grew up in Milwaukee, WI, and Chicago, IL, passed away on Shabbos.

Rabbi Shalom Povarsky, a talmid chochom and prominent Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Kol Torah in Jerusalem for decades, passed away on Shabbos, 11 Teves, 5781.

Rabbi Yechiel Michel Katz, a Rov and talmid chochom from Jerusalem, passed away on Shabbos, 11 Teves, 5781.

Mrs. Tzipra (Edith) Schaffran, a beloved mother and grandmother from Crown Heights, passed away on Tuesday, 7 Teves, 5781.

Mr. Shimon Peretz (Paul) Stark, a father and grandfather from Los Angeles, passed away on Monday, 6 Teves, 5781.

Rabbi Abba Piekarski, a longtime Melamed and Crown Heights resident, passed away on Friday, Zos Chanukah, 5781. Update: Levaya at 12:15 at 770.

Rabbi Yerachmiel Stillman, Rav and Shliach in California who influenced thousands of students as a Shliach at UCLA, passed away on Friday, 3 Teves, 5781.

Mrs. Leah Zilberstrom, a mother and grandmother from Jerusalem, passed away on Wednesday, 1 Teves, 5781.

Mrs. Miriam Labkowsky, a longtime beloved teacher in Los Angeles known as “Morah Mira,” passed away Monday night, 29 Kislev, 5781.

Chaim Meir (Henry) Israel, a father and grandfather from Jerusalem, Israel who was known for his brilliance as a scientist, passed away on Tuesday.

Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Zahler, a chossid and talmid chacham who survived the Second World War and served as Mashpia for the Chabad community in Zurich, Switzerland, passed away.

Rabbi Chaim Meir Lieberman, a resident of Crown Heights and member of the Vaad of Tzach (Tzeirei Agudas Chabad), passed away on Shabbos, 26 Kislev, 5781.

Joseph Safra, Brazil's richest person who was born to the prominent Jewish family of bankers, generously supported Jewish and Chabad institutions and frequently consulted with the Rebbe, passed away.

Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz, the renowned posek and Av Beth Din of the Beth Din of America and the Chicago Rabbinical Council (cRc) who was blessed by the Rebbe for “long years,” passed away at the age of 95.

Yitzchok Gedalia Feldman, a longtime Crown Heights resident, passed away on Thursday, 24 Kislev, 5781. Levaya today at 2:00 PM.

Mrs. Miriam Rosenblum, a longtime devoted Shlucha and educator who dedicated her life to helping others, passed away on Wednesday, 23 Kislev 5781.

Rabbi Moshe Feder, a longtime Crown Heights resident for over 60 years who was known for his open home, passed away.

Yosef Cohen, a beloved husband and father known for his open home, former resident of Naples, Florida and recently of Israel, passed away on Shabbos.

Mrs. Reitza Kosofsky, a pioneer of Chicago's Chabad community, founder of FREE in Chicago and dedicated activist, passed away. Update: Levaya at 12 PM on Wednesday.

Mrs. Estelle Chazan, a beloved mother and grandmother from New Jersey, passed away on Friday morning, 11 Kislev, 5781.

Rabbi Hershel Feigelstock, a longtime educator and Shliach in Montreal for over 40 years, passed away on Wednesday, 9 Kislev, 5781. Update: Levaya Thursday at 10 am.

Mr. Sheldon Lisbon, a longtime beloved teacher for over 50 years who lived in Bal Harbor, FL, passed away on Thursday.

Reb Yona Gorin, who was born in Odessa, involved in the Jewish community in Moscow and later in the Russian-speaking community at FREE in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, passed away on Sunday. Levaya: Monday morning passing 770.

Rabbi Sholom Dov Ber Sanowicz, renowned Talmid Chocham, Shochet and Mohel, who was a noted Baal Tefillah, passed away on Shabbos, just shy of his 94th birthday.

Rabbi Leizer Teitelbaum, one of the biggest experts in kashrus who was a rabbinic coordinator for the OK Kosher certification for over 40 years and a renowned Torah scholar, passed away on Tuesday. Update: Levaya Wednesday at 1:00 PM.

Mrs. Leah Yehudis (Edith) Scheiner, a longtime Shlucha in Boston, Massachusetts for over 40 years, passed away on Monday, 29 Cheshvan, 5781.

Mrs. Esther Rochel Sirota, matriarch of a Chabad family and longtime Crown Heights resident, passed away on Sunday, 28 Cheshvan, 5781.

Mrs. Chana Etka Feldman, who served as the principal of Bais Rivkah primary for over forty years at the directive of the Rebbe, passed away on Shabbos. Update: Levaya Sunday at 2:00 PM.

Mrs. Itka Chaya Brill, a beloved wife and mother from Passaic, New Jersey, passed away on Monday, 22 Cheshvan, 5781.

Rabbi Yisroel Menachem Pshemish, a longtime Crown Heights resident and devoted Chossid of the Rebbe, passed away on Wednesday. Levaya today at 11:45 am.

Rabbi Shmuel Greenfeld, a revered Belzer chossid who was called the “Tzadik of Antwerp” and was the son-in-law of the Mashpia and Chabad Shliach Rabbi Saadia Liberow OBM, passed away on Sunday.

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and noted Jewish philosopher, orator and author whose extensive works of Torah scholarship and moral philosophy inspired and influenced individuals and communities around the world, passed away on Shabbos.

Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem in New York, a leader of Agudath Israel of America and son of the great posek Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, passed away on Friday. He had a friendship with Crown Heights Rabbi Yaacov Schwei OBM.

Dr. Arik Pudel, who defied the Soviet Communists to learn Torah and Chassidus in Samarkand and survived to build a proud Jewish family, passed away on Thursday, 18 Cheshvan, 5781.

Mrs. Chaya Moskowitz from Toronto who survived WWII to raise a proud Jewish family and mother of Mrs. Shifra Kolodny of Crown Heights, passed away.

Dovid Zaklikofsky, beloved son, brother, and uncle from Detroit, Michigan, passed away Shabbos morning, 13 Cheshvan, 5781.

Rabbi Yisroel Mordechai Teitelbaum, a longtime Shliach and one of the founding members of the Chabad community in Morristown, NJ, passed away on Thursday, 11 Cheshvan, 5781.

Rabbi Zalman Notik, renowned Mashpia in Jerusalem, Israel who influenced many during his lifetime, passed away on Sunday, 7 Cheshvan, 5781.

Rabbi Moshe Shaikevitz, a dedicated Shliach who directed Beit Chabad Milan in Italy for over 32 years, passed away suddenly.

Mrs. Shoshana Nemoy, a Holocaust survivor and beloved mother and grandmother most recently of Pittsburgh, PA, passed away.

Eli Yochanan Camargo, a member of Chabad Shul in Sunrise, FL, passed away after a tragic accident on the eve of Simchas Torah, 5781.

Rabbi Moshe Aaron Haberman, a resident of Kensington, NY and the father of Chabad families in the tri-state area, passed away on Sunday, 30 Tishrei, 5781.

Shneur Zalman Hirsch, a young husband and father from Crown Heights who co-founded a successful furniture manufacturing company, passed away on Wednesday after battling an illness.

Gedalia Tsoraef, a longtime Crown Heights resident, passed away on Tuesday. Levaya tomorrow at 12 pm.

R’ Menachem Moshe Teitelbaum, a resident of Boro Park, Brooklyn, who had close ties to Chabad, passed away on Chol Hamoed Sukkos, 5781.

Aaron Goldsmith, a longtime member of the Chabad community in Postville, Iowa who was active in community affairs, passed away on Chol Hamoed Sukkos.

Mrs. Orna Ben Zvi, a resident of Crown Heights who taught Torah and Chassidus classes for women at 770 Eastern Parkway, passed away.

R' Hershel Hecht, son of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Hecht, the first Shliach of the Frierdiker Rebbe and the Rebbe to Chicago and a resident of Kfar Chabad in Israel, passed away on the first day of Sukkos.

Rabbi Avraham Tanzer, dean of the Yeshiva College School of South Africa and spiritual leader of the Glenhazel Hebrew Congregation in Johannesburg, passed away. He had a memorable meeting with the Rebbe providing him an insight that remained with him for over 5 decades.

Shmuel Haitler, a longtime Crown Heights resident, passed away on Thursday, 13 Tishrei, 5781. Levaya today at 10 am.

Mrs. Sima Paltiel, a teacher to thousands in Melbourne, Australia, who was a cousin of the Rebbe and had a close connection with Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, passed away after Yom Kippur.

Zvi Shkedi, a Chassidic scientist from Pittsburgh who was inspired by a directive from the Rebbe to invent the “Kosher-Forever” ink that is widely used for writing Torahs, Tefillin and Mezuzos, passed away on Yom Kippur following a prolonged illness.

Mrs. Gilah Abramowitz, a member of the Chabad community in Worcester, Massachusetts, passed away on Sunday, 9 Tishrei, 5781.

Rabbi Chaim Ciment, a veteran Shliach in Boston, MA and director of the New England Hebrew Academy Lubavitch Yeshiva for over 60 years, passed away.

Rabbi Shmuel Omer, the longtime Shliach in Ariel and Emanuel in Israel, passed away suddenly on Shabbos, 8 Tishrei, 5781.

R’ Yishay Kalachy, a fervent Chossid who was active in several Shuls in Crown Heights and lived in Kfar Chabad and Postville, Iowa, passed away. Leveya: Today passing 770.

Rabbi Aryeh Laskey, a beloved husband, father and educator from Detroit, MI, passed away on Wednesday night, 6 Tishrei, 5781.

Yosef Yitzchok Gurary, the 2-month-old son of Maryland Shluchim Rabbi Shmuel and Chaya Gurary, passed away at the conclusion of Rosh Hashana 5781 after being born with medical complications.

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rivka Zeilingold of New York at the age of 84.

Rabbi Ephraim Rosenblum, who survived a car accident and went on to build a Chassidic family and serve as principal of Yeshiva Boys School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, passed away.

Rabbi Avraham Lider, a longtime activist who dedicated his life to assisting others with medical emergencies, passed away on Friday night after a sudden heart attack.