The following obituaries were published this past year on COLlive.com. Please note that omissions are possible, including the many who were killed on October 7, 2023 and Israel’s subsequent war against terror.
- Channa Karp, 58, OBM
Mrs. Channa Karp, a beloved mother and grandmother from Buffalo, NY, passed away on Monday, 27 Elul, 5784. - Mrs. Shaindel Glick, 46, OBM
Mrs. Shaindel Glick, a beloved mother and educator from Los Angeles, CA, passed away suddenly on Thursday, 23 Elul, 5784. - Menachem Mendel Bolton, 12, OBM
Menachem Mendel Bolton, a young boy from Kfar Chabad, Israel, passed away after collapsing last week while at a Bar Mitzvah. - R’ Yossi Lifshitz, 61, OBM
R' Yosef Yechiel Lifshitz, a longtime Crown Heights resident, passed away on Wednesday, 16 Elul, 5784. - Mendel Bluming, 15, OBM
Mendel Bluming, a bochur from Crown Heights who was a student in the Yeshiva in Suffield, CT, passed away on Wednesday, 15 Elul, 5784. - Mrs. Chana Popack, 98, OBM
Mrs. Chana Popack (nee Teleshevsky), wife of Rabbi Aaron Popack obm and a longtime leader of N'shei Chabad in Crown Heights, passed away on Friday night, 11 Elul, 5784. Update: Levaya on Thursday at 12 PM. - Joseph Ciechanover, 90, OBM
Joseph Ciechanover, a former General Counsel to Israel’s Defense Ministry and Head of Israel's Defense Mission passed away on Tuesday, 14 Elul, 5784. - Dr. Doug Behrman, 60, OBMDr. Doug Behrman, a longtime physician and resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, passed away.
- Mr. Doniel Brooks, 64, OBM
Mr. Doniel Brooks, formerly of Edgware, England and later a resident of Flatbush, Brooklyn, passed away on Sunday, 12 Elul, 5784. - Liudmila Chaya Zelda Mayanskaya, 78, OBM
Liudmila Chaya Zelda Mayanskaya, a beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother from Crown Heights, passed away on Thursday, 9 Elul, 5784. - Ruchama Vidal, 65, OBMRuchama Vidal, a beloved mother and grandmother from Montreal, Canada passed away on Shabbos, 4 Elul, 5784.
- R’ Moshe Habosha, 69, OBM
R' Moshe Habosha, a beloved father and grandfather from Crown Heights, passed away on Thursday, 2 Elul, 5784. Levaya today at 3 PM. - Mrs. Edna Gottesman, 100, OBM
Mrs. Edna Gottesman, a beloved mother and grandmother who raised a proud frum family in Florence, Italy amidst challenges, passed away on Sunday, 28th of Menachem Av, 5784. - Mrs. Sharone Zuber, 73, OBMMrs. Sharone Zuber, a beloved mother and grandmother from Boston, MA passed away on Sunday, the 28th of Menachem Av, 5784.
- Miriam (Meryl) Yaffe, 81, OBMMrs. Miriam (Meryl) Yaffe, a beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother from Leeds, England and more recently Sydney, Australia, passed away on 17 Av, 5784.
- Meir Yaacov Feldstein, 3, OBM
Meir Yaacov Feldstein, the beloved 3-year-old son of Mendy and Moussia Feldstein of Paris, France, passed away in a tragic drowning accident. - Mordechai (Martin) Rosenberg, 79, OBMMordechai (Martin) Rosenberg, a beloved father and grandfather from Thousand Oaks and Ventura, California, passed away on Wednesday, 17 Av, 5784.
- Mrs. Braindy Naparstek, 65, OBM
Mrs. Braindy Naparstek, a beloved mother and grandmother from Crown Heights who worked for many years in her family's Zakon's Toys store on Kingston Avenue, passed away on Wednesday, 17 Av, 5784. - Mrs. Cynthia Rosenfeld, 80, OBM
Mrs. Cynthia Rosenfeld, loving mother of Chanie Seiff Glick and Mitch of Long Beach, CA, passed away. - Rabbi Leib Chaim Turk, 86, OBM
Rabbi Leib Chaim Turk, a devoted Chosid and Shochet from Crown Heights and father of a large Lubavitch family passed away on Erev Shabbos, 5 Av, 5784. - Mrs. Pesya Wolff, 100, OBM
Mrs. Pesya Wolff, daughter of the chossid R’ Avrohom Paris, wife of the Rebbe’s representative in Israel R’ Ephraim Wolff and matriarch of a large Chabad family, passed away. - Reb Aryeh Leib Pinchas Chatzernov, 94, OBM
Reb Leibke Chatzernov, who had Mesiras Nefesh to live a Chassidic life in the Soviet Union and was a respected Chossid living in Jerusalem, passed away on Friday. - Miriam Mintz, 30, OBM
Mrs. Miriam Mintz, a longtime educator and the beloved wife of Rabbi Mendel Mintz, recently appointed Shluchim in Maryland, passed away on Thursday, 4 Av, 5784. - R’ Moshe Goldshmid, 71, OBM
R’ Chaim Moshe Goldshmid, the son of the Crown Heights shochet and butcher who raised a family in the Kfar Chabad village, passed away. - Rabbi Gershon Nof, OBM
Rabbi Gershon Nof, a resident of Boro Park, Brooklyn, NY who was a Talmid Chacham and author of Seforim, passed away on Tuesday, 17 Tammuz, 5784. - Rabbi Shmuel Butman, 81, OBM
Rabbi Shmuel Butman, a central figure in the Chabad-Lubavitch movement who led many important organizations and projects encouraged by the Rebbe, and hosted a weekly program on COLlive.com, passed away. - Mrs. Clara Gertz, 87, OBM
Mrs. Clara Gertz, mother of Tzippy Gajer of Crown Heights, passed away on Shabbos, 14 Tammuz, 5784. - R’ Menachem Mendel Reinitz, 57, OBM
R' Menachem Mendel Reinitz, a beloved father and grandfather from Boro Park, Brooklyn, passed away on Thursday, 12 Tammuz, 5784. UPDATE: The levaya will pass by 770 on Motzei Shabbos at 10 pm. - Rabbi YY Asks: ‘Please Do What You Can to Help’
Rabbi YY Jacobson asks the Chabad community to help support the family of Rabbi Shaul Vishedsky obm of Kfar Chabad, who suddenly collapsed and passed away at the age of 58, leaving behind eight shocked and broken children. - Mrs. Sima Rivka (Susan) Jaffe, OBM
Rebbetzin Sima Rivka (Susan) Jaffe, a resident of Manchester, UK and matriarch of a Chabad family, passed away on Friday, 6 Tammuz, 5784. - Rabbi Yehuda Deri, 66, OBM
Rabbi Yehuda Deri, a candidate for Chief Rabbi of Israel, passed away at 66. At his shiva, Colel Chabad Director Rabbi Sholom Duchman told an unknown story about his dedication to Chabad. - Boruch Schoenes, 75, OBM
Mr. Boruch Eliyahu Schoenes, beloved son, brother, father, and grandfather, and resident of Remsen Village, NY passed away on Friday, 29th of Sivan, 2024. - Irving Fishman, 78, OBM
Dr. Irving (Yehoshua Elchonon) Fishman, a founding member and pillar of the Chabad community in Houston, TX, and father and grandfather to a Lubavitch family, passed away. - R’ Shaul Wishedski, 58, OBM
R’ Shaul Wishedski, a chossid living in the central Israeli village of Kfar Chabad, passed away on his way to shul on Shabbos – the day of his father’s yartzeit. - Mr. Moshe Chaim Giffen, 81, OBM
Mr. Moshe Chaim Giffen, a beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather of a Lubavitch family from Manchester, England, passed away on Shabbos, Rosh Chodesh Tammuz. - Shneur Zalman Plotkin, 2, OBMShneur Zalman Plotkin, the young child of Rabbbi Yosef and Hindy Plotkin, Shluchim in Greensboro, North Carolina, passed away.
- Asher Hershkowitz, 21, OBM
Asher Hershkowitz, the son of the Shluchim in the southern Israeli city of Ofakim, tragically passed away. - Chaya Sofer, 44, OBM
Chaya Sofer, a beloved wife, mother, and midwife who helped thousands of Chabad mothers in Israel and more recently a Crown Heights resident, passed away on Thursday. Levaya on Friday at 1 PM. - Binyamina Barbara Sherman, OBMBinyamina Barbara Sherman, a long time resident of Crown Heights, passed away on Erev Shabbos, the 15th of Sivan. A meis mitzvah, please join the Levaya at 2:00 pm today at 770.
- Rabbi Moshe Wolfson, 99, OBM
Rabbi Moshe Wolfson, Mashgiach of Yeshiva Torah Va'Daas in Brooklyn, who was renowned for his piety, shiurim, and close connection with the Rebbe, passed away at the age of 99. - Rivka (Rita) Jacobs, 92, OBM
Mrs. Rivka Jacobs, the matriarch of a large Lubavitch famiy, passed away early morning on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 12 Sivan 5784. - Mintza Leah (Marsha) Cohen, 81, OBM
Mrs. Mintza Leah (Marsha) Cohen, a beloved mother and grandmother from Pittsburgh and later Charlotte, NC, passed away on Sunday, 10 Sivan, 5784. - Chazan Efraim Fishel Silber, 96, OBM
Chazan Efraim Fishel Silber, who survived the Holocaust, met the Rebbe in Paris and taught Chassidus and niggunim in Chicago, Illinois, passed away. - Mrs. May Tessler, 98, OBM
Mrs. May (Chana Mayta) Tessler (nee Levy), mother of Mrs. Malca Bayzman of Crown Heights, passed away on Monday, 4 Sivan, 5784. - Mrs. Adaya Vaya, 45, OBM
Mrs. Adaya Vaya, a young wife and mother of 8 children from Tzfas, Israel, passed away after battling an illness. - Yehuda Loeub, 70, OBM
Yehuda Loeub, a resident in the Chabad neighborhood in Montreal, Canada who fought in the Yom Kippur War and devoted his life to kindness, passed away on Motzoei Shabbos. - R’ Binyamin Kahan, 88, OBM
R' Binyamin Kahan, a resident of Kfar Chabad, Israel who was responsible for the upkeep and logistics of the Kfar Chabad village for many decades, passed away on Wednesday, 28 Iyar, 5784. - Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, 74, OBM
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, the globetrotting ambassador of the Rebbe who was the iconic Chairman of the International Kinus Hashluchim in New York who played a pivotal role in revitalizing Jewish communities and growing Chabad institutions, passed away on Tuesday, 27 Iyar 5784. - Chanah Halperin, 91, OBM
Mrs. Chanah Halperin, a beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and wife of Chazan Tzvi Halperin obm from Toronto, Canada, passed away on 26 Iyar, 5784. - Mrs. Rivka Miriam Feder, 87, OBM
Mrs. Rivka Miriam Feder, formerly of Crown Heights and known for her outstanding hachnosis orchim, passed away on Tuesday, 13 Iyar, 5784. - Mrs. Rochel Lipskar, 102, OBM
Mrs. Rochel Lipskar, the matriarch of a large Chabad family who helped save the Rebbe’s mother and cared for campers of Gan Israel in New York, passed away. - R’ Zev Garellek, 67, OBM
R’ Zev Garellek, a beloved husband, father and grandfather from Montreal, Quebec, passed away on Wednesday, 7 Iyar, 5784. - Andrey Foreman, 64, OBM
Andrey Foreman, who supported the journeys of his son Yuri Foreman as a World Champion Boxer and his studies to receive rabbinical ordination, passed away. - Mrs. Hinda Rader, 98, OBM
Mrs. Hinda Rader, matriarch of a Chabad family and devoted Chosid of the Rebbe from London, England passed away on Monday, 5 Iyar, 5784. - Yehuda Leib Greenwald, 36, OBM
Habochur Hatomim Yehuda Leib Greenwald, born and raised in Melbourne, Australia and who lived in Crown Heights for the past many years, passed away on Monday, 5 Iyar, 5784. - Esther Faiga (Frances) Miller, 92, OBMEsther Faiga (Frances) Miller, mother of Crown Heights resident Chana Pesha Jacobson, passed away. The Levaya will take place on Sunday.
- Rabbi Zalman Yudkin, 98, OBM
Rabbi Schneur Zalman Yudkin, an elder chossid in Crown Heights and a link to pre-war Europe whose life story and Mesirus Nefesh inspired people, passed away. - Mrs. Ruth Averbuch, 89, OBMMrs. Ruth Averbuch (nee Schochet), a longtime resident of Crown Heights, passed away. Levaya today at 1:10pm.
- Mrs. Chana Simpson, 88, OBM
Mrs. Chana Simpson, a beloved mother and grandmother who founded the well known Simpson Jewelers with her husband in Boro Park, Brooklyn, passed away. Levaya today at 4 PM. - Mrs. Ilana Oirechman, OBM
Mrs. Ilana Oirechman, a Shlucha and educator from Northern Israel, passed away on Friday, 25 Nissan, 5784. - Neshi Rodin, 76, OBM
Mrs. Neshi Rodin, a beloved mother and grandmother from Ottawa, Canada and more recently Israel, who was known for her Chesed and open home, passed away. - R’ Nachum Mizrachi, 69, OBM
R' Nachum Mizrachi, owner of a well known and popular restaurant in Kfar Chabad, Israel, passed away on Thursday, 24 Nissan, 5784. - Mrs. Jenas Brown, 74, OBM
Mrs. Jenas Brown, a member of the Chabad community in Ilford, England and mother of Rabbi Reuven Leigh, shliach to Cambridge, England, passed away. - Mrs. Faigy Kot, 25, OBM
Mrs. Faigy Kot, a Chabad Shlucha in Beer Sheva, Israel, passed away on Chol Hamoed Pesach after battling an illness. She was 25 and survived by a husband and 3 children. - Yakov Steinhauser, 76, OBM
R' Yakov Steinhauser, a beloved father and grandfather from Crown Heights, passed away on the second day of Pesach, 5784. - Shneur Zalman Alenick, 61, OBM
Zalman Alenick, a beloved husband and father who supported many Jewish and Chabad causes, passed away on Wednesday, 9 Nissan, 5784. - Elki Lefkowitz, 31, OBM
Elki Lefkowitz, a young wife and mother from Crown Heights who battled an illness, passed away on Wednesday, 9 Nissan, 5784. - Ruth Sandberg, 81, OBMRuth Sandberg, a long time Crown Heights resident, passed away on Friday, 4 Nissan, 5784.
- Rabbi Yitzchok Dov Lieberman, 69, OBM
Rabbi Yitzchok Dov Lieberman, a longtime school teacher in the Kfar Chabad village and chazan of the local Beis Menachem shul, passed away on Thursday. - Mrs. Fruma Junik, 91, OBM
Mrs. Fruma Junik, daughter of R’ Avraham Boruch Pevzner and wife of known chossid and devoted Meshamesh of the Rebbe, R’ Berel Junik, passed away on Wednesday, 2 Nissan, 5784. - Dovid Staples, 32, OBM
Moshe Dovid Staples, a baal teshuva of Chabad in Arizona who fundraised his own tuition to learn at Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, passed away suddenly. The levaya will be in Phoenix. - Alex Skoczylas, 77, OBM
R' Alex Skoczylas, a beloved husband, father, and grandfather from Boca Raton, FL passed away on Sunday, 28 Adar II, 5784. - Rabbi Koppel Bacher, 83, OBM
Rabbi Koppel Bacher, one of the founders of Chabad in South Africa and leader of the Johannesburg community for over 60 years, passed away on Tuesday, 23 Adar II, 5784. - Rabbi Zalman Wilschanski, 74, OBM
Rabbi Zalman Wilschanski, who was raised in France around legendary Chassidim and served as the Rosh Yeshiva of Tomchei Temimim in Morristown, New Jersey, teaching many students, passed away. - Joe Lieberman, 82, OBM
Joseph Lieberman, who made history as the first Jewish American nominated to a presidential run, a shomer Shabbos and staunch supporter of Israel, passed away. He had a close relationship with the Rebbe and Chabad. - Dr. Joseph Walder, 73, OBM
Dr. Joseph Walder, a Chicago innovator who used the sale of his biotechnology company for a reported $1.9 billion to fund many Chabad, Orthodox and Israeli causes, passed away. - Miriam Torenheim, 42, OBMMiriam Torenheim, a beloved wife and mother and Crown Heights resident, passed away on Tuesday, 16 Adar II, 5784.
- Rabbi Menachem Mendel Landa, 32, OBM
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Landa, a young father and Shliach in Toronto, Ontario, passed away on Tuesday, 16 Adar II, 5784. Levaya today at 1 PM. - Leah Althaus, 28, OBM
Mrs. Leah Althaus, a young mother and Shlucha in Dnipro, Ukraine, passed away on Tuesday, 16 Adar II, 5784. - Zev Saloff, 34, OBM
Nathaniel Zev Saloff, from Miami, Florida, who lived in Monsey for many years, passed away. The levaya will be held in Beit Shemesh, Israel. - R’ Reuven Woonteiler, 66, OBM
R' Reuven Woonteiler, a beloved husband and father from Crown Heights, passed away on Monday night, 9 Adar II, 5784. - Esther Coren, 74, OBM
Mrs. Esther Coren, a longtime Crown Heights resident who was known as the Mikvah Lady at the Union Street Mikvah for many years, passed away on Monday, 8 Adar Beis, 5784. - Mrs. Rifka Kinn, 83, OBM
Mrs. Rifka Kinn of London, and later of Manchester, the gentle and unassuming wife of the late R' Betzalel Kinn obm and matriarch of a Lubavitch family and figure of the Lubavitch community, passed away. - Chava Shterna Sara Shpindler, 4, OBMChava Shterna Sara Shpindler, the young daughter of R’ Gil Avraham and Chana Shpindler, passed away.
- Dr. Robert Richter, 90, OBM
Dr. Robert Richter, who treated the Rebbe after his severe heart attack in 1977 and who was part of the miraculous survival of Mrs. Mushka Pearson (Raskin) as a young girl, passed away. - Mrs. Harriett Sklar, 83, OBM
Mrs. Harriett Sklar, a member of the Montreal Jewish community, passed away on the 29 of Adar 1, 5784. - Eliyahu Suissa, 21, OBM
Eliyahu Suissa, an IDF soldier from a Lubavitcher family in Montreal, Canada, was tragically killed in a car accident on Tuesday night. He has served 150 days in the war against the terrorist regime in Gaza and was allowed to go on vacation. He was 21. - Mrs. Mussia Schtroks, 90, OBM
Mrs. Mussia Schtroks, a prominent figure in the London Lubavitch community and the matriarch of a large Lubavitch family, passed away on 25 Adar 1 5784. - Mrs. Lily Milecki, 94, OBM
Mrs. Lily Milecki, a cherished mother and grandmother from Melbourne, Australia, passed away on Thursday morning, 20 Adar I, 5784, at the age of 94. - Devora Goldman, 69, OBM
Devora Goldman, who collected tzedaka outside the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights and other communities, passed away. The levaya will be held on Thursday. - Mrs. Pesia Levertov, 93, OBM
Mrs. Pesia Levertov, resident of Crown Heights and matriarch of a large Chabad family, passed away on Sunday. The levaya will be held on Monday in New York. - Mrs. Shoshana Mizrachi, OBM
Mrs. Shoshana Mizrachi, a beloved mother and grandmother from Lod, Israel, and mother of Debby Jerufi of Crown Heights, passed away on Tuesday, 11 Adar 1, 5784. - Rabbi Saadia Jerufi, OBM
Rabbi Saadia Jerufi, a Shliach and educator from Taanach, Israel, passed away on Tuesday, 11 Adar 1, 5784. - Rabbi Yosef Gruzman, 67, OBM
Rabbi Yisroel Yosef Gruzman, from the early Shluchim after the fall of the Soviet Union who served in Russia and Belarus, passed away in Kfar Chabad after an illness. - Mrs. Zipi Advocat, 74, OBM
Mrs. Zipi Advocat, a mother and grandmother from Manalapan, NJ, passed away on Friday morning, 7 Adar, 5784. - Mr. Michael Rabin, 76, OBM
Mr. Michael Rabin, a pillar of the Chabad community in Edgware, London, passed away on Erev Shabbos, 7 Adar, 5784. - Dorothy Grossman, 94, OBM
Mrs. Dorothy Grossman, a beloved mother and grandmother and known as a matriarch at Chabad in Los Angeles, passed away on Tuesday, 4 Adar I, 5784. - Mussie Sputz, 22, OBM
Mussie Sputz, the 22-year-old daughter of R’ Dovid and Eidle Sputz of Crown Heights, passed away suddenly on Tuesday from a brief illness. The levaya will be held on Wednesday afternoon. - Mrs. Elaine Brown, OBM
Mrs. Elaine Brown, beloved mother and grandmother of a Chabad family who served as the Mikvah lady in Cleveland for many years, passed away on Monday, 3 Adar I, 5784. - Mrs. Aviva Kahn, 88, OBM
Mrs. Aviva Kahn, wife of Rav Daniel Kahn of Bayit Vegan, Israel, passed away on Sunday, 2 Adar I, 5784. - Rabbi Nadav Yehuda Natan, 39, OBM
Rabbi Nadav Yehuda Natan, a Chabad teacher in Israel, passed away of a sudden cardiac arrest 2 months after his brother was killed in battle with Hamas terrorists. - Mark Levine, 76, OBM
Mark Levin, Gabbai of Congregation Tifereth Israel – Central Mass Chabad in Worcester who was close with Shliach Rabbi Hershel Fogelman OBM, passed away. - Rabbi Shmuel Katan, 85, OBM
Rabbi Shmuel Katan, a survivor of the Holocaust who was born in Yugoslavia who became a chemist and an engineer in the Israeli Air Force, and was a fervent chossid who played the violin in front of the Rebbe at 770 Eastern Parkway, passed away. - Mrs. Rochel Kaplan, 69, OBM
Mrs. Rochelle Kaplan, Head Shlucha of Maryland who founded the local Aleph Learning Institute, directed Mikvah Mei Menachem of Baltimore and authored books of poems, passed away. Levaya: Today 4 PM at Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens. - Marshall Grossman, 84, OBM
Marshall B. Grossman, a lawyer for Hollywood stalwarts and corporations and who served for many years as the co-chair of the annual To Life Telethon of Chabad in California, and adovated for the return of the Schneerson Collection from the Russia, passed away. - Rabbi Dovid Schochet, 91, OBM
Rabbi Dovid Schochet, from the senior Chabad rabbonim of North America, President of the Toronto Rabbinical Council, and member of Vaad Rabbonei Lubavitch, passed away. - Mrs. Baila Sztillerman, 97, OBM
Mrs. Baila Sztillerman, beloved mother and grandmother from Melbourne, Australia, passed away on Thursday, 15 Shvat, 5784. - Howard Golden, 98, OBM
Howard Golden, the longtime Borough President of Brooklyn who served through the bloody Crown Heights Riots and the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, passed away. He merited to meet the Rebbe. - Mrs. Sheri Blasberg, 99, OBM
Chaya Sara (Sheri) Blasberg, grandmother of a Chabad family, passed away at the age of 99. - Chazan Tzvi Hersh Tsatskis, 85, OBM
Chazan Tzvi Hersh Tsatskis, a Chazan who was known for singing the niggun “Ech Ti Zimlak” at the Rebbe's Farbrengens and in later years at the Ohel, passed away on Shabbos, Yud Shevat, 5784. - Mrs. Anna Firszt, OBM
Mrs. Anna Firszt (nee Perelmuter), a beloved mother, grandmother and educator, passed away on Tuesday, 6 Shvat, 5784. - Mrs. Debby Einbinder, 74, OBM
Devorah Sima “Debby” Einbinder, a beloved mother and grandmother, passed away on Motzei Shabbos, 4 Shevat, 5784, in Eretz Yisroel. - R’ Yankel Kleinman, 76, OBM
Rabbi Yaakov (Yankel) Kleinman, a longtime member of the Long Beach, CA Chabad community, passed away on Sunday, 4 Shevat, 5784. - Bracha Goldstein, 6 Mo., OBMBracha Goldstein, the infant daughter of Rabbi Chaim and Moussia Goldstein, Shluchim at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, passed away.
- Mrs. Zahava Druin, 83, OBM
Mrs. Zahava Druin, a beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother and the matriarch of a Lubavitch family from North Miami Beach, FL, passed away on Tuesday, 28 Teves, 5784. - Aharon Abba Monroe, OBM
Aharon Abba Monroe, a resident of Crown Heights, passed away on Wednesday night, 1 Shevat, 5784. - Mrs. Henny Karniel, 83, OBM
Mrs. Henny Karniel, a veteran educator in Israel whose children serve as Shluchim, passed away. When she had questions where to live and work, she received wonderful answers from the Rebbe. - Mrs. Yehudis Dubinsky, 96, OBM
Mrs. Yehudis Dubinsky, a beloved mother and grandmother from a Chabad family who led a life of Mesiras Nefesh under Communism, passed away on Monday, 20 Teves, 5784. - Mrs. Toni Berger, 101, OBM
Mrs. Toni Berger, longtime manager of the kosher restaurant Mermelstein Caterers in Crown Heights, which provided food to the Rebbe‘s house, passed away. The levaya will be in Lakewood, NJ. - Mrs. Rivkah Barber, 83, OBM
Mrs. Rivkah Maatel Barber, wife of R’ Yitzchok Barber OBM, matriarch of a large Chabad family, passed away on Chof Teves, 5784. - Mrs. Rochel Chaiton, OBM
Mrs. Rochel Chaiton, a longtime Shlucha and educator in Portland, Oregon, and Las Vegas, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, 19 Teves, 5784. - Rabbi Chaim Binyomin Burston, 72, OBM
Rabbi Chaim Binyomin Burston, a beloved mentor and teacher to thousands of students and a renowned storyteller, passed away. The levaya will be in Los Angeles on Sunday. - Rabbi Moshe Aaron Kasinetz, 89, OBM
Rabbi Moshe Aaron Kasinetz, founder of the orthodox community in Livingston, New Jersey, passed away on Shabbos, Chai Teves, 5784. - Mrs. Shena Gitel Astrin, 81, OBM
Mrs. Shena Gitel Astrin, a beloved mother and longtime member of the Crown Heights community, passed away on Thursday, 16 Teves, 5784. - Enid Bluestein, 84, OBM
Enid (Esther Nessah) Bluestein, a proud Jewish woman activist who lived in Studio City, California, and mother of Sara Chana Silverstein of Crown Heights, passed away. - Moshe Meyers, 5, OBM
Moshe Meyers, the son of Ami and Zisi Meyers of Los Angeles, CA, passed away on 13 Teves, 5784. - Rabbi Peretz Laine, 35, OBM
Rabbi Peretz Laine, a young attorney who was raised in Crown Heights and a member of the Chabad community in Lauderhill, Florida, passed away from an illness. Update: Levaya Sunday will take place 3 PM at Montefiore Cemetery. - Chazan Yehoshua Danow, 81, OBM
Chazan Yehoshua Danow, a known Chazan from France who served as Chazan in various communities in Europe, passed away on Thursday, 2 Teves, 5784. - Rabbi Avraham Ber Blesofsky, 81, OBM
Rabbi Chaim Avrohom Dovber (Avraham Ber) Hakohen Blesofsky, an elder Chosid and educator from Melbourne, Australia, who was active in Mivtzoim, passed away on Wednesday, 8 Teves, 5784. - Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Itkin, 69, OBM
Rabbi Fitche Itkin, a transplant of 770 in Pittsburgh who served as a Shliach and a beloved Mashpia for young and old, passed away after an illness. Levaya will pass 770 on Tuesday. - Avrohom (Boomie) Fried, 92, OBM
Reb Avrohom Fried, a resident of Kew Gardens Hills and Boro Park, and brother of Mrs. Sheila Simon, passed away on 5 Teves, 5784. - Mrs. Leah Barouk, OBM
Mrs. Leah Barouk, a beloved educator affectionately known as “Morah Leah” to her South Florida students, has passed away on Chof Tes Kislev, 5784. - Tzivia (Sybelle) Trigoboff, 91, OBMTzivia (Sybelle) Trigoboff, mother of Mrs. Hinda Leah Sharfstein of Crown Heights, passed away. Levaya will pass 770 on Friday morning.
- R’ Berel Light, OBMR’ Berel Light, a beloved father and grandfather from Fair Lawn, NJ, passed away on Tuesday, 29 Kislev, 5784.
- Chaim Meir Aden, 20, HYD
Chaim Meir Aden, an IDF soldier who attended Chabad schools and who was seriously injured in the Hamas Massacre on Simchas Torah, passed away from his wounds on Shabbos, 26 Kislev, 5784. - Mrs. Judy Zisman, OBMMrs. Judy Zisman, wife of R' Dovber (Berel) Zisman obm, passed away on Shabbos, 26 Kislev, 5784. Levaya Sunday at 12 noon.
- Reb Velvel Kopp, 66, OBM
Reb Velvel Kopp, a chosid who lived in Seattle and moved to Tsfas exactly 30 years before his passing, passed away on the 20th of Kislev, 5784. - Mrs. Sara Mishulovin (Cohen), 91, OBM
Mrs. Sara Mishulovin (Cohen), matriarch of a Chabad family from Rechovot, Israel, passed away on Wednesday, 23 Kislev, 5784. - Goldie Nesenoff, 89, OBM
Goldie Nesenoff, mother of the author and speaker David Nesenoff, passed away on Thursday night, 11 Kislev, in Delray Beach Florida. - R’ Levi Lando, 74, OBM
R’ Levi Lando, a husband, father and grandfather from Chicago, passed away on Wednesday, 9 Kislev, 5784. - Rabbi Shmuel Benjamin, 57, OBM
Rabbi Shmuel Moshe Hakohen Benjamin, a devoted and beloved educator to hundreds of students for the past 25 years, passed away on Shabbos, 5 Kislev, 5784. - R’ Netanel Yeroshalmi, OBM
R' Netanel Yeroshalmi, a beloved father and grandfather from Crown Heights, passed away on Friday, 4 Kislev, 5784. Levaya today at 10:30 am. - Rabbi Saadia Dahan, 80, OBM
Rabbi Saadia Dahan, a father and grandfather from Israel and later Crown Heights, passed away on Thursday, 3 Kislev, 5784. - Mrs. Elka Sirota, 84, OBMMrs. Elka Sirota, a resident of Nachlas Har Chabad, Israel, passed away on Wednesday, 1 Kislev, 5784.
- Rabbi Sholem Lapidus, 50, OBM
Rabbi Sholem Matisyahu Lapidus, the dedicated director of the Toras Emes Cheider in Yerushalayim and Mashpia from Beitar Illit, passed away on Wednesday, a few weeks after he was in a car accident. - Rabbi Shmuel Reich, 46, OBM
Rabbi Shmuel Reich, who led a community in Tampa, Florida, passed away on Friday, 26 Cheshvan, 5784. Levaya today at 770 at 12 PM. - Shneur Kotlarsky, 30, OBM
Shneur Kotlarsky, the youngest son of Rabbi Mendel and Rivky Kotlarsky of Crown Heights, passed away on Erev Shabbos Parshas Vayeira at the age of 30. The levaya: Friday at the Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens. - Mrs. Mala Wichnin, 78, OBMMrs. Mala Wichnin, a widely respected and admired educator and wife of Rabbi Dovid Wichnin obm, passed away on Wednesday, 17 Cheshvan, 5784.
- Rabbi Shalom Ber Gansburg, 86, OBM
Rabbi Shalom Ber Gansburg, who served as a devoted Mashbak in the Rebbe and Rebbetzin's home for many years, passed away on Wednesday, 17 Cheshvan, 5784. - Mrs. Perl Danow, 76, OBM
Mrs. Perl Danow, beloved matriarch of a Chabad family and a dedicated educator from Paris, France, passed away on the evening of 17 Cheshvan, 5784. - R’ Moshe Gottlib, 59, OBM
R' Moshe Gottlib, a beloved father and grandfather from Crown Heights and more recently from Hillside, NJ, passed away on Tuesday night, 17 Cheshvan, 5784. Levaya will take place on Thursday. - R’ Leib Skoblo, 47, OBM
R' Leib Skoblo, a Crown Heights activist who led the Crown Heights Shmira Patrol and was dedicated to the safety and security of the Crown Heights neighborhood for many years, passed away suddenly on Monday, 15 Cheshvan, 5784. - Mrs. Devorah Leah Blau, 63, OBM
Mrs. Devorah Leah Blau, a beloved mother and grandmother from Crown Heights who was known for her passion for Mivtzoim and Inyonei Geulah UMoshiach, passed away on Friday night. - Mrs. Luba Budnow, 89, OBM
Mrs. Luba Budnow of Melbourne, Australia, eldest daughter of the famed Chosid R' Chaim Tashkenter Hurwitz obm, passed away on Shabbos, 13 Cheshvan, 5784. Her siblings are sitting Shiva in Crown Heights. - Sheya Mendlowitz, 61, OBM
R' Sheya Mendlowitz, the famed producer who transformed the Jewish music industry and was the producer of the iconic HASC benefit concerts, passed away on Friday, 12 Cheshvan, 5784. - Rabbi Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, 94, OBM
Rabbi Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, Rosh Yeshiva of Ateres Yisrael in Jerusalem and a senior leader of the Litvish community in Israel, passed away. He merited for a Yechidus with the Rebbe. - Chaya Mushka Shoshani, OBM
Mrs. Chaya Mushka Shoshani, a young mother from Tzfas, Israel, who along with her husband traveled to New Zealand to assist as Shluchim during the Tishrei month, passed away after a car accident. - R’ Asher Ringler, 80, OBM
R' Asher Ringler, a long time member of the Pittsburgh Chabad community and beloved father and grandfather, passed away on Sunday night, 7 Cheshvan, 5784. - Rabbi Shlomo Vigler, 72, OBM
Rabbi Shlomo Vigler, longtime secretary of the Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch in Israel and a resident of Lod, passed away. His levaya was held on Monday. - Rachel Leah Brashevitzky, 78, OBMMrs. Rachel Leah Brashevitzky, a beloved mother and grandmother from Crown Heights, passed away on Friday, 5 Cheshvan, 5784.
- Mrs. Adina Leitner, 95, OBMMrs. Adina (Alberta) Leitner, a beloved mother and grandmother from Melville, NY, passed away at the age of 95.
- Rabbi Chaim Ber Wilshansky, 95, OBMRabbi Chaim Ber Wilshansky, a member of the Chabad community in Melbourne, Australia, passed away on Monday, 1 Cheshvan, 5784.
- Mrs. Helene Gelfand, OBMMrs. Helene – Chaya Lana Gelfand, a longtime educator who served as English Department principal in Bais Rivka School in Crown Heights for many years, passed away.
- Avraham Henkin, 38, OBM
Chief Inspector Avraham Henkin of the Yamam counter-terror unit of Israel’s police, was killed in battle with Hamas terrorists. - Rabbi Naftali Levy, OBM
Rabbi Naftali Levy, a resident of Monsey, NY, husband of Chana Sklar Israel Levy, passed away on Thursday, 27 Tishrei, 5784. - Binyamin Loeb, 20s, HY”D
Binyamin Loeb, a Lubavitcher who served in the Israel Defence Forces, was one of the people killed in the Hamas war on Israel on Simchas Torah. His father and grandfather serve as Chabad rabbis in France. - Mrs. Eve Scop, 73, OBM
Mrs. Eve Scop, mother of Shliach Rabbi Hillel Scop, passed away on Simchas Torah in Sydney, Australia. - Rebbetzin Sarah Grosz, 88, OBM
Rebbetzin Sarah Grosz, resident of Miami Beach and a former Crown Heights resident who, together with her husband Refuel Grosz, ran the Kerestirer Shul and Mikvah on Eastern Parkway, passed away on Erev Sukkos, 5784. - Daniel Ramniceanu, 70, OBM
R’ Daniel Ramniceanu, a beloved husband and father from Crown Heights, passed away on Motzei Yom Tov, 17 Tishrei, 5784. Levaya Monday at 1:00 pm. - Atara Cohen, 9, OBM
Atara Cohen, a 9 year old girl from the Chabad community in Toronto, Canada, tragically passed away after an accident on Wednesday, 12 Tishrei, 5784. - Rabbi Yaakov Eliezer Friedrich, 100, OBM
R’ Yaakov Eliezer Friedrich, one of the eldest Lubavitcher Chassidim today who was a longtime educator in Antwerp, Belgium, passed away on Wednesday, 12 Tishrei, 5784. - Mrs. Rivka Elyovics, 87, OBM
Mrs. Rivka Elyovics, Holocaust survivor and matriarch of a Chabad family who served as the longtime secretary of the Shomrei Hadas kehillah in Antwerp, passed away on Yom Kippur; Levaya was today in Antwerp, tomorrow, Wednesday 8:40 AM in Yerushalayim. - Mrs. Eva Efune, 92, OBM
Mrs. Eva Efune, a Holocaust survivor who was known lovingly as “Bubby” by members of the Chabad of Scottsdale community in Arizona, passed away. - Rabbi Dovid Krasnjanski, 88, OBM
Rabbi Dovid Krasnjanski, a beloved husband and father who was the Rosh Kolel of Tiferes Zekeinim Levi Yitzchak in Crown Heights passed away on Shabbos, 8 Tishrei, 5784. - Dr. Howard Kaye, 71, OBM
Dr. Howard Kaye, the beloved husband of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was murdered in the shooting attack at Chabad of Poway in April 2019, passed away.
