YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Harav Yosef Yisroel Mitnick zt”l of Flatbush. A master mechanech for more than six decades, Rav Mitnick was a talmid muvhak of Rav Yitzchok Hutner zt”l, and was the founding member of Kollel Gur Aryeh of Flatbush. He is survived by his children, as well as hundreds of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The levaya is scheduled to take place at 2 pm Sunday in Shomrei Hadas which will continue at Yeshiva Chaim Berlin at approximately 4:30. Kevurah will be on Har Hamenuchos on Monday. Boruch Dayan HaEmmes… (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

The Olam HaTorah in Eretz Yisrael and throughout the world is in deep aveilus upon the passing of the Gadol HaDor, HaGaon HaRav Yerachmiel Gershon Edelstein, z’tl, shortly before 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning at the age of 100. Shortly beforehand, HaRav Gershon’s situation became critical and the doctors tried to resuscitate him. Meanwhile, the Torah world in Eretz Yisrael stopped everything to plead for Rachamei Shamayim. HaRav HaGaon Gershon Edelstein, zt’l, was the Nasi of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah and the leader of Chareidi Jewry in Eretz Yisrael and throughout the world and served as the Rosh Yeshivah of Ponevezh Yeshivah for 80 years.

Mourning has gripped the Belzer community in Lakewood as word spread of the tragic petirah of 15-year-old Batsheva Cohen a”h, who was struck and killed by a vehicle on Tuesday night. The accident occurred at the intersection of Route 70 and Vermont Avenue in Lakewood just before 10 pm. Hatzolah paramedics rushed the critically injured teenager to Monmouth Medical Southern Campus in Lakewood where doctors attempted to save her life. Sadly, Batsheva a”h passed away a short time later. Levaya details will be published when they become available to YWN. Boruch Dayan HaEmmes… (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Rachel Shwekey, a’h, the mother of famed singer Yaakov Shwekey, passed away overnight Sunday at the age of 77 in Miami, where she resided. The nifteres had developed a serious case of pneumonia recently and her condition deteriorated. Mrs. Shweky was born in Poland to Holocaust survivors who were Vitznitzer chassidim. When she was a child she moved with her family to Israel, later moving to the US. Yehi Zichra Baruch. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Rav Meir Herskowitz zt”l, the longtime rosh yeshiva of Stamford Yeshiva and one of the most brilliant gedolim of our times. He was 89. Rav Meir zt”l was not well for the past number of years and was most recently being treated at Specialty Hospital of Central Jersey (Dr. Lebowitz), located above Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood. A levaya is scheduled to take place in Beth Medrash Govoha at 11:30 am followed by a second levaya at Bais Binyamin (Stamford Yeshiva) in Monsey (51 Carlton Road) at 4 pm, and another at JFK at 7:30 pm, with kevurah to take place on Har Hamenuchos on Tuesday. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Meidan (Mordechai) Baruch-Keller, z’l, 16, who was hospitalized last week after suffering serious lung damage due to vaping passed away on Shabbos morning. A statement from Schneider Hospital said: “It is with great sadness that we update you on the death of the 16-year-old boy who was treated in the cardiac intensive care unit at the Schneider Center and connected to an ECMO machine due to the collapse of his lungs.

YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Rebbetzin Bruria David a”h, the legendary founder of the BJJ Seminary in Yerushalayim and world renowned mechaneches. Rebbetzin David a”h was the only child of the gaon and tzadik Harav Yitzchak Hutner zt”l, the rosh yeshiva of Chaim Berlin and mechaber of Pachad Yitzchak. She was married to Harav Yonason David shlit”a, the Rosh Yeshiva of Pachad Yitzchak. The couple sadly never had any children. Rebbetzin David founded Seminar Bais Yaakov LeMoros, also known as Machon Sarah Schneirer, and commonly referred to as BJJ, in the early 1970s and quickly turned it into one of the premier charedi seminaries in Eretz Yisroel.

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rebbitzen Sarah Zakheim A”H. She was 105. Rebbitzen Zakheim was the wife of HaRav Yaakov Zakheim Zt”l, a longtime Rov in Flatbush. Rebbitzen Zakheim was born in Palestine, and at a young age immigrated to the United States. As a girl, she was a secretary in Yeshiva Torah Vodaath. When she left her position, it was said that they had to hire three people to replace her. She married in the late 1940’s and moved to Trenton, NJ, where they became Rav and Rebbitzen. Before the birth of her first child, she realized that Trenton was not the place to raise a family, so HaRav Yaakov got a new job as a Rav in East Flatbush at Beth Medresh HaGadol of East Flatbush. They remained there there until 1976 when the community changed.

We regret to inform you of the petirah of Mrs. Dina Brus a”h following an illness. She was just 49. Mrs. Brus’ husband, R’ Yeshaya z”l – the son of Bais HaTalmud rosh yeshiva R’ Moshe Mendel Brus shlit”a – was suddenly niftar just five weeks ago, leaving his wife and children without their husband and father. Now, Mrs. Brus has followed her husband to the olam ha’emes, leaving seven children without their parents. The levaya will take place at Yeshiva Bais HaTalmud in Brooklyn at 10 AM, followed by a second levaya and kevurah in Lakewood at noon. A fund that was originally set up for the family after R’ Yeshaya’s petirah can be donated to by clicking here. 

YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic Petira of Dr Dr Julian (Yehuda) Mirman Z”L, a well-known doctor in Los Angeles. He was approximately 63 years old. As YWN had reported, Dr Mirman and another doctor were walking home frum Shul on Friday night, when they were both struck by a vehicle outside Rabbi Rubin’s Shul on 3rd and Citrus. One victim suffered minor injuries, but Doctor Mirman suffered critical injuries. He was rushed to the hospital, where he remained in grave condition until his Petira on Monday. The Niftar lived on Citrus, and was a Mispallel in Rabbi Bess’ Shul and occasionally near his home by Rabbi Rubin’s Shul. He leaves behind a wife and four married children. Levaya details will be published when they become available to us. Boruch Dayan HaEmmes…