It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Yechezkel Shraga Dovid Halpern zt”l, who served as the Rav of the Sanzer Beis Medrash in the Ramot neighborhood of Yerushalayim. He was 59 years old.
Rav Halpern passed away at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital after battling illness.
Born in London, Rav Halpern came from an illustrious rabbinic dynasty. His father, Rav Yitzchok Aryeh Leibush Halpern, is the Gaavad of Radomishla, and his grandfather, Rav Elchonon Halperin, served as the Gaavad of Radomishla in Golders Green.
His mother, Rebbetzin Liba Freidel, is a daughter of Rav Shmuel Alexander Unsdorfer, author of Sifsei Shmuel who led the Reishis Chochma kehillah in Montreal and served as a Sanzer Rav in Petach Tikvah.
His birth occurred on the yahrtzeit of the Shinover Rebbe, the Divrei Yechezkel, and he was named Yechezkel Shraga Dovid—Yechezkel Shraga after the Shinover Rebbe and Dovid after his paternal grandfather.
As a bochur, Rav Halpern learned at Yeshivas Sanz in Kiryat Sanz, Netanya. Upon reaching marriageable age, he married Rebbetzin Faiga Baila, daughter of the Stropkover Rebbe.
For many years, Rav Halpern served as the mashgiach ruchani at the Sanzer Yeshiva Ketana in Yerushalayim and gave regular shiurim there. He was later appointed Rav of the Sanzer Beis Medrash in the Ramot neighborhood, a position he held with tremendous devotion.
Known for his refined character, warmth, and yiras Shomayim, Rav Halpern was beloved by his talmidim and kehillah alike. His influence was felt far beyond his shul, through his shiurim and personal example of avodas Hashem.
Despite his illness, Rav Halpern remained a source of strength and inspiration until his final days.
He leaves behind a beautiful family of bnei and bnos Torah.
Yehi zichro boruch.
{Matzav.com Israel}