arghton 6,695 Posted August 16, 2023 On 18/06/2022 at 23:25, arghton said: Chai Yitzchok (Isaac) Twersky of Rachmastrivka-Boro Park (1931) Rachmastrivka dynasty's head rabbi who lives New Square often called "Rachmastrivka Rebbe", on ventilator with pneumonia in 2016, yo-yoyed on and off ventilator when hospitalised with pneumonia and other ailments in June-July 2022. Spent three months in hospital, very frail. Hebrew name for search purposes: חי יצחק טברסקי Chai Yitzchok Isaac Twersky, the Rachmastrivke Rebbe, finally dead at 92 after a year of treatment at a "home mini-hospital". His condition had turned critical yesterday. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
max_bossetti 149 Posted August 16, 2023 Haredi rabbi Hagaon Harav Aharon Schechter is in critical condition, usual tefillos are needed. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,921 Posted August 17, 2023 8 hours ago, max_bossetti said: Haredi rabbi Hagaon Harav Aharon Schechter is in critical condition, usual tefillos are needed. Fucking Schechter has been in critical condition so many times he must have a reserved rooom in ICU. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted August 20, 2023 Here we go again...Shmuel Yaakov Kahn or Shmuel Yaakov Kohn or Shmuel Yaakov Yenta (Hebrew wiki) 79-year-old leader of Israel Hasidic dynasty Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok, hospitalised with "kidney problems" (and various other ailments). Previous health problems include massive heart ailments, cardiac arrest in 2015 and gallbladder infection last year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,025 Posted August 24, 2023 On 17/08/2023 at 07:18, drol said: Fucking Schechter has been in critical condition so many times he must have a reserved rooom in ICU. Aharon Schechter reportedly dead here: https://hamodia.com/2023/08/24/bde-harav-aharon-schechter-ztl-rosh-yeshivah-yeshivas-chaim-berlin/ Make of this what you will. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted August 25, 2023 Here we go again...Moshe Tzadka (Hebrew wiki) 88-year-old Israeli rabbi and head (rosh yeshiva) of the Geula branch of Porat Yosef Yeshiva, "evacuated to hospital after feeling unwell for several days". 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted August 30, 2023 And here we go again, Faltishaner rebbe (whoever that is) in critical condition following lung collapse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted September 23, 2023 On 18/06/2022 at 23:25, arghton said: Ones with an Hebrew Wiki but no English one: Zuriel Shaked? (1920) Libyan-born Israeli rabbi, obese and ancient. Hebrew name for search purposes: צוריאל שקד Rabbi Zuriel Shaked prematurely dead at 103. Seems to cement conservative rabbi and author Erwin Schild (who's 103 and has been on oxygen since 2015) as the world's oldest rabbi. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted October 6, 2023 On 19/07/2023 at 09:49, arghton said: Shmuel Kamenetsky de...I mean, discharged again after more than a month of treatment. Shmuel Kamenetsky not feeling well, needs tefillos. No further information given. Edit: Discharged to intensive home physical therapy on the 15th of October. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted October 25, 2023 Shmuel Kamenetsky hospitalised and undergone a successful procedure. Moshe Sternbuch is apparently also quite ill but not hospitalised currently. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,921 Posted October 26, 2023 Mordechai Ezrachi DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,624 Posted October 26, 2023 Clean-up on aisle 2...seems @drol has made a mess. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,921 Posted October 26, 2023 If you are weeping and searching for a brand new decrepit rabbi, I present to you Mordechai's 90-year old brother Yitzchok Ezrachi (wiki). 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,921 Posted October 28, 2023 Baruch Dov Povarsky looks quite frail at Ezrachi's funeral. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,921 Posted December 8, 2023 Not mentioned before, but it seems London rabbi Elyakim Schlesinger (wiki) is still alive at 102. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,921 Posted January 3 On 14/07/2023 at 21:21, drol said: A Rabbi who was never mentioned before is Matisyahu Salomon (wiki). Very old, has needed tefillos since 2016 at least, airlifted to hospital many times, in failing health again lately. Quite impressive. Matisyahu Salomon dead at 86. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,576 Posted January 7 On 23/09/2023 at 21:54, arghton said: Rabbi Zuriel Shaked prematurely dead at 103. Seems to cement conservative rabbi and author Erwin Schild (who's 103 and has been on oxygen since 2015) as the world's oldest rabbi. Erwin Schild (wiki) dead at 103. Reported by his son on Facebook here. 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 9 Herbert Bronstein, a former senior Rabbi in Glencoe Illinois, part of Chicago's North Shore, has died. He was 93. Bronstein passed in late 2023. https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glencoe/ct-gln-rabbi-bronstein-obit-tl-0111-20240109-dsez7hogsfhjjej7p2q6ka7gbe-story.html https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/bronstein-herbert 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deadboy999 176 Posted January 10 What's up with those tunnels found underground in new york??? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted January 16 Tefillos asked for US Rabbi Yechiel Perr, Musar Movement thinker and co-founder of Yeshiva of Far Rockaway. No further information given. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,921 Posted January 18 On 18/06/2022 at 22:25, arghton said: Well, notable rabbis haven't been falling like flies recently, actually haven't been dying at all since Kanievsky died in March, so here's a small list of who we've got now. List has/will have all or nearly all English wiki-worthy names born in the 1920s and "honorary mentions" born later...Some names are later additions. Pictures above for some of them Zevulun Charlop (1929) Boring American guy #4. Very quiet nowadays. Zevulun Charlop dead at 94. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted February 4 Yaakov Moshe Hillel, Israeli Kabbalist rabbi is in critical condition with a liver disease. Urgent tefillos asked. Not to be confused with Moshe Hillel Hirsch who was in serious condition last year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tango854 278 Posted February 5 On 09/01/2024 at 17:33, Deadboy999 said: What's up with those tunnels found underground in new york??? Some very young Chabad Jews who believe Menachem Mendel Schneerson is the messiah (long story) tried to expand the building. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,302 Posted May 5 On 18/06/2022 at 22:25, arghton said: Yechiel Perr (1935) Founder and rosh yeshiva of the Yeshiva of Far Rockaway in New York and the greatest modern Musar movement thinker. Tefillos asked in January 2024. American-born rabbi Yechiel Perr (Wiki) reported dead 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polar duck 865 Posted June 14 Chabadnik rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky dead at 75. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites