It’s with much regret we report about the Petirah of Hagaon Harav Chaim Yisroel Belsky Zatzal.
The Rosh Yeshivah of Torah Vodaath in New York, and leading Posek, was Niftar moments ago. He was 78.
During the dinner on Sunday in Lakewood, his son-in-law, R’ Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz described how the Rosh Yeshivah was suffering from immense Yesurim.
Read more about the Rosh Yeshivah on YWN.
The Levaya is scheduled to take place at 10:00 AM on Friday morning at the Yeshivah, 425 East 9th Street between Cortelyou Road and Ditmas Avenue. The Niftar will be flown to Eretz Yisroel on Motzei Shabbos.
Further details will be published when available.
Batruch Dayan Ha’emes.
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BD”H
איש אמת
Anyone know details of the levaya
BDE Any levaya details?
We lost a gadol that didn’t live for the public opinion. He stood with a gevura for what was right. Didn’t fear anyone but hashem. A goan oilam mi yiten lonu temuraso.
When i was a young teenager, i was not in yeshiva and no yeshiva would take me. rabbi belsky who hardly knew me agreed to meet with me and then called and cajoled a yeshiva in to taking me. I am forever indebted.
Baruch Dayan Haemes, a rare Gadol. What a loss.
levaya 10 am from torah vadaas
The levaya will be at ten o’clock tomorrow morning at 425 east 9the st
In aveilus posted at 8:07 pm…So true. You couldn’t have said it better. He stood for truth,yasherus and yiras Hash-m, even if doing so caused him great personal inconvenience (to say the least). It is one of many beautiful legacies he leaves for us. The loss is profound. Yehi Zichro Baruch.
A giant! a real torah giant.
המקום ינחם אותם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים
Do you know if there is a bus leaving to the levaya tomorrow morning?
I remember as a youth in Camp Agudah, when there was “Group Shiur,” R’ Belsky would ask us what we would like the Shiur to be on. We would try to pick the most abstract topics & without fail R’ Belskey would weave an hour and a halfs worth of interesting Shiur on that topic.
Any information about parking?
We lost a giant a true gadol B’yisroel and a true posek of the previous generation that didn’t live for what the public opinion was or for the popular opinion . He stood with gevura for what was right and didn’t fear anyone but hashem. A goan oilam
mi yiten lonu temuraso.
המקום ינחם אותם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים
A true yid and a real ohav Yisroel.
does anybody if there will be a phone and/or video hookup?
Will there be buses from Lakewood