_How much longer will it take to learn? When will we wake up and do teshuvah? We are losing people right and left. Our gedolim and rabbonim are being snatched from us. When will it end?
Here is a partial list of some of the people we’ve lost just in the last period:
HaGaon HaRav Chaim Ovadia Yosef ZTVK”L
Rav Shalom Krausz,-the Udvari Rov-Williamsburg-November 21 2010-83
Rav Nosson Gestetner zt”l, author of Lehoros Nosson, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Ponim Me’iros, and rov of Kiryas
Agudas Yisroel in Bnei Brak-November 21 2010-78
Rav Yissochor Meir zt”l, - rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Hanegev.-January 2 2011-83
Rebbetzin Sarah Pam-wife of Rav Avrohom Pam zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas
January 3 2011-94
Rav Nochum Zev (Velvel) Dessler-dean of the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland-January 23 2011-89
Rav Moshe Spiegel zt”l, the Ostrove-Kalushiner Rebbe-February 2 2011-
Rav Yehudah Tirnauer zt”l, rov of the Shomer Shabbos shul in Boro Park-February 10-2011-88
Rav Levi Dicker zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Mercaz Hatorah of Belle Harbor-march 18 2011-
Rav Dovid Shmelke Helberg zt”l, of Khal Bais Isaac Tzvi in Boro Park, Brooklyn-March 27 2011-78
Rav Michel Small zt”l,-rov of Cong. Po’alei Tzedek of Chicago-April 2 2011-83
Bobover Rebbetzin, Rebbetzin Hesa Halberstam a”h, wife of Rav Naftali Halberstam -may 15 2011-80
Rebbetzin Chaya Frankel a”h, the Vyelipoler Rebbetzin-May 27 2011-95
Harav Yitzchok Dov Koppelman- R”Y of Lucerne Yeshiva in Switzerland/Europe-June 17 2011-106
Harav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz-rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ponovezh L’tzeirim-June 28 2011-
Rav Chaim Stein zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Telshe-Cleveland-June 29 2011
Rav Aryeh Leib Heiman- rov Bais Medrash HaGra in Bayit Vegan, Yerushalayim.-July 1 2011-80
Rav Chaim Sarna zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Chevron Geulah-July 7 2011-82
Rebbetzin Sarah Rotberg a”h, wife of Rav Zalman Rotberg zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Bais Meir of Bnei Brak-july 10 2011-96
(leiby kletzky-Brooklyn-July 13 2011-8)
Rabbi Aba (Avrohom Moshe) Dunner-England-July 18 2011-74
Spinka Rebbe of Yerushalyim,Rav Mordechai Dovid Kahane-July 27 2011 -79
Baba Elazar Abuchatzeirah-Grandson of Baba Sali-July 28 2011
Rav Chaim Yehosef Ralbag -Rav & Dayan of NY-August 17 2011-98
Rav Shamshon Brodsky zt”l, rov of Bais Medrash Rabbeinu Yaakov Moshe-Flatbush-August 23 2011
Rav Shalom Asher Yeshaya Rubin zt”l, rov of Khal Avodas Yisroel-Kozhnitz of Seagate, Brooklyn
September 1 2011-55
Rav David Bar-Chen zt”l, the Sefardi chief rabbi of Sderot-September 25 2011-82
Rav Menashe Klein zt”l,-Yerushalyim-Ungvarer Rov-September 27 2011-87
Rav Gedaliah Eisemann zt”l,-mashgiach of Yeshivas Kol Torah in Yerushalayim-October 3 2011-101
Rav Sholom Rivkin zt”l, Chief Rabbi Emeritus of St. Louis, Missouri.-October 3 2011-
Rav Moshe Gefen zt”l,-rosh mesivta at Yeshiva Bais Yitzchok of Chadeira-october 10 2011-54
Rebetzin BatshevaKanievsky-wife of Rav Chaim-October 14 2011-Succos-79
Rav Don Ungarischer zt”l,-rosh yeshiva of Bais Medrash Elyon in Monsey-October 31 2011-88
Rav Dov Schwartzman zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Bais Hatalmud in Sanhedria Murchevet in Yerushalayim-November 7 2011-90
Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel,-rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Mir Yerushalayim-November 8 2011-69
Rav Menachem Mendel Mendelsohn, rov of Komemiyus-November 24 2011-74
Rebbetzin Chana Sara Shifra Taub a”h, the Kaliver Rebbetzin-December 20 2011-94
Rav Chaim Aharon Weinberg- menahel of Yeshiva Ateret Torah-Flatbush-January 11 2012-57
Rebbetzin Chana Weinberg-wife of Rav Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva
Ner Yisroel in Baltimore, and daughter of Rav Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman zt”l-January 23 2012
Rav Shimon Gabai-Netanya- the teshuvah movement in Eretz Yisroel-January 30 2012-63
Rabbi Avrohom Ginzberg -Queens-director of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim-February 2 2012-
Rabbi Yosef Tendler-Ner Yisroel Baltimore-February 8 2012-79
Rav Avner German-menahel of Be’er Hagolah Institutes-February 19 2012-
(Rabbi Pesach. Levovitz-Cong.Sons of Israel in Lakewood, NJ-February 28 2012-89)
Nadvorna Rebbe of Bnei Brak, Rav Yaakov Yissochor Ber Rosenbaum-March 1 2012-82
Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Bnei Brak, Rav Moshe Yehoshua Hager-march 13 2012-95
Harav Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg-Eretz Yisroel-Torah ohr-March 19 2011
Rav Eisik Ausband-rosh yeshiva at Yeshivas Telshe-Cleveland-March 29 2011
Harav Simcha Schustal-rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Bais Binyomin of Stamford-April 23 2012-89
Harav Avrohom Solomon zt”l, the mashgiach of the Chevron Yeshiva Knesses Yisroel-april 25 2012-87
Rabbi Shmuel Schindler-Brooklyn-May 11 2012-77
Rav Nissim Toledano-Eretz Yisroel-rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Shearis Yosef-June 3 2012-78
Rav Dovid Yitzchok Man-rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Knesses Chizkiyahu in Rechasim-June 4 2012-67
Rebbetzin Sarah Kreiswirth-wife of Rav Chaim-antwerp-June 10 2012-91
Harav Yitzchok Kleiman Z’L; Rosh Kollel Of Kollel Iyun Hatalmud-June 27 2012-71
Nadvorna Rebbe of Chadeira-june 28 2012-98
Rabbi Yosef Wineberg, Z”L; Chabad’s-june 28 2012-94
Rav Yosef Oziel- rov of Hechal Shalom-Sephardic Congregation of Surfside, Florida-July 4 2012-42
Rav Yosef Toledano zt”l, rov of Kehillas Ateres Boruch of Bnei Brak.-july 5 2012- 98.
(Rabbi yisroel Landesman-brooklyn-july 16 2012-54)
Harav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv-Yerushalyim-july 18 2012-102
Rebbetzin Ettil Partzovitz-wife of Rav Nachum of Mir-Yerushlyim-July 27 2012-81Rav Akiva Ehrenfeld zt”l, nosi of
Yeshiva Bais Shmuel-Yerushalayim.-August 16 2012-89
The Shomrei Emunim Rebbe, Rav Avrohom Chaim Roth zt”l-yerushalyim-August 22, 2012-88
Rav Elimelech Ashkenazi zt”l-Gaavad of Melbourne,- August 28 2012-96
Rav Chaim Dov Altusky zt”l,-author of the acclaimed seforim Chiddushei Basra.-August 29 2012-85
Rebitzen Malka Brayer-Mother of Boyaner Rebbe & wife or former Rebbe-August 31 2012-92
Rav Yeshaya Dovid Bayer zt”l, -menahel of Yeshiva Bais Dovid of Monsey,-September 1 2012- 77.
The Above Has Been Taken From Matzav.com _
HaGaon HaRav Chaim Ovadia Yosef ZTVK”L
Rav Shalom Krausz,-the Udvari Rov-Williamsburg-November 21 2010-83
Rav Nosson Gestetner zt”l, author of Lehoros Nosson, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Ponim Me’iros, and rov of Kiryas
Agudas Yisroel in Bnei Brak-November 21 2010-78
Rav Yissochor Meir zt”l, - rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Hanegev.-January 2 2011-83
Rebbetzin Sarah Pam-wife of Rav Avrohom Pam zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas
January 3 2011-94
Rav Nochum Zev (Velvel) Dessler-dean of the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland-January 23 2011-89
Rav Moshe Spiegel zt”l, the Ostrove-Kalushiner Rebbe-February 2 2011-
Rav Yehudah Tirnauer zt”l, rov of the Shomer Shabbos shul in Boro Park-February 10-2011-88
Rav Levi Dicker zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Mercaz Hatorah of Belle Harbor-march 18 2011-
Rav Dovid Shmelke Helberg zt”l, of Khal Bais Isaac Tzvi in Boro Park, Brooklyn-March 27 2011-78
Rav Michel Small zt”l,-rov of Cong. Po’alei Tzedek of Chicago-April 2 2011-83
Bobover Rebbetzin, Rebbetzin Hesa Halberstam a”h, wife of Rav Naftali Halberstam -may 15 2011-80
Rebbetzin Chaya Frankel a”h, the Vyelipoler Rebbetzin-May 27 2011-95
Harav Yitzchok Dov Koppelman- R”Y of Lucerne Yeshiva in Switzerland/Europe-June 17 2011-106
Harav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz-rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ponovezh L’tzeirim-June 28 2011-
Rav Chaim Stein zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Telshe-Cleveland-June 29 2011
Rav Aryeh Leib Heiman- rov Bais Medrash HaGra in Bayit Vegan, Yerushalayim.-July 1 2011-80
Rav Chaim Sarna zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Chevron Geulah-July 7 2011-82
Rebbetzin Sarah Rotberg a”h, wife of Rav Zalman Rotberg zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Bais Meir of Bnei Brak-july 10 2011-96
(leiby kletzky-Brooklyn-July 13 2011-8)
Rabbi Aba (Avrohom Moshe) Dunner-England-July 18 2011-74
Spinka Rebbe of Yerushalyim,Rav Mordechai Dovid Kahane-July 27 2011 -79
Baba Elazar Abuchatzeirah-Grandson of Baba Sali-July 28 2011
Rav Chaim Yehosef Ralbag -Rav & Dayan of NY-August 17 2011-98
Rav Shamshon Brodsky zt”l, rov of Bais Medrash Rabbeinu Yaakov Moshe-Flatbush-August 23 2011
Rav Shalom Asher Yeshaya Rubin zt”l, rov of Khal Avodas Yisroel-Kozhnitz of Seagate, Brooklyn
September 1 2011-55
Rav David Bar-Chen zt”l, the Sefardi chief rabbi of Sderot-September 25 2011-82
Rav Menashe Klein zt”l,-Yerushalyim-Ungvarer Rov-September 27 2011-87
Rav Gedaliah Eisemann zt”l,-mashgiach of Yeshivas Kol Torah in Yerushalayim-October 3 2011-101
Rav Sholom Rivkin zt”l, Chief Rabbi Emeritus of St. Louis, Missouri.-October 3 2011-
Rav Moshe Gefen zt”l,-rosh mesivta at Yeshiva Bais Yitzchok of Chadeira-october 10 2011-54
Rebetzin BatshevaKanievsky-wife of Rav Chaim-October 14 2011-Succos-79
Rav Don Ungarischer zt”l,-rosh yeshiva of Bais Medrash Elyon in Monsey-October 31 2011-88
Rav Dov Schwartzman zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Bais Hatalmud in Sanhedria Murchevet in Yerushalayim-November 7 2011-90
Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel,-rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Mir Yerushalayim-November 8 2011-69
Rav Menachem Mendel Mendelsohn, rov of Komemiyus-November 24 2011-74
Rebbetzin Chana Sara Shifra Taub a”h, the Kaliver Rebbetzin-December 20 2011-94
Rav Chaim Aharon Weinberg- menahel of Yeshiva Ateret Torah-Flatbush-January 11 2012-57
Rebbetzin Chana Weinberg-wife of Rav Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva
Ner Yisroel in Baltimore, and daughter of Rav Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman zt”l-January 23 2012
Rav Shimon Gabai-Netanya- the teshuvah movement in Eretz Yisroel-January 30 2012-63
Rabbi Avrohom Ginzberg -Queens-director of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim-February 2 2012-
Rabbi Yosef Tendler-Ner Yisroel Baltimore-February 8 2012-79
Rav Avner German-menahel of Be’er Hagolah Institutes-February 19 2012-
(Rabbi Pesach. Levovitz-Cong.Sons of Israel in Lakewood, NJ-February 28 2012-89)
Nadvorna Rebbe of Bnei Brak, Rav Yaakov Yissochor Ber Rosenbaum-March 1 2012-82
Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Bnei Brak, Rav Moshe Yehoshua Hager-march 13 2012-95
Harav Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg-Eretz Yisroel-Torah ohr-March 19 2011
Rav Eisik Ausband-rosh yeshiva at Yeshivas Telshe-Cleveland-March 29 2011
Harav Simcha Schustal-rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Bais Binyomin of Stamford-April 23 2012-89
Harav Avrohom Solomon zt”l, the mashgiach of the Chevron Yeshiva Knesses Yisroel-april 25 2012-87
Rabbi Shmuel Schindler-Brooklyn-May 11 2012-77
Rav Nissim Toledano-Eretz Yisroel-rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Shearis Yosef-June 3 2012-78
Rav Dovid Yitzchok Man-rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Knesses Chizkiyahu in Rechasim-June 4 2012-67
Rebbetzin Sarah Kreiswirth-wife of Rav Chaim-antwerp-June 10 2012-91
Harav Yitzchok Kleiman Z’L; Rosh Kollel Of Kollel Iyun Hatalmud-June 27 2012-71
Nadvorna Rebbe of Chadeira-june 28 2012-98
Rabbi Yosef Wineberg, Z”L; Chabad’s-june 28 2012-94
Rav Yosef Oziel- rov of Hechal Shalom-Sephardic Congregation of Surfside, Florida-July 4 2012-42
Rav Yosef Toledano zt”l, rov of Kehillas Ateres Boruch of Bnei Brak.-july 5 2012- 98.
(Rabbi yisroel Landesman-brooklyn-july 16 2012-54)
Harav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv-Yerushalyim-july 18 2012-102
Rebbetzin Ettil Partzovitz-wife of Rav Nachum of Mir-Yerushlyim-July 27 2012-81Rav Akiva Ehrenfeld zt”l, nosi of
Yeshiva Bais Shmuel-Yerushalayim.-August 16 2012-89
The Shomrei Emunim Rebbe, Rav Avrohom Chaim Roth zt”l-yerushalyim-August 22, 2012-88
Rav Elimelech Ashkenazi zt”l-Gaavad of Melbourne,- August 28 2012-96
Rav Chaim Dov Altusky zt”l,-author of the acclaimed seforim Chiddushei Basra.-August 29 2012-85
Rebitzen Malka Brayer-Mother of Boyaner Rebbe & wife or former Rebbe-August 31 2012-92
Rav Yeshaya Dovid Bayer zt”l, -menahel of Yeshiva Bais Dovid of Monsey,-September 1 2012- 77.
The Above Has Been Taken From Matzav.com _
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