We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Hagaon Chacham Mordechai Maslaton, Nasi of the Sephardic community in Brooklyn, who was suddenly Niftar on Shabbos.
Chacham Maslaton has many Talmidim, children and grandchildren in Lakewood, and throughout the world. He was 75.
The Levaya will be taking place at 11: 00 a.m. today, at Yeshivat Emek Hatorah, 1781 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY.
The Avelim are the Maslaton , Simantov, Sasson, Benarroch and Semah familes.
Shiva will be taking place at 1853 East 4th Street, Brooklyn, NY.
Baruch Dayan Ha’emes.
A great man. A real loss to the Olam Hatorah. He worked only for the Ribono shel olam without any frills. Kulo l’shem shamayim. Me yiten lanu temuraso. Hundreds of Bnei Torah became his children through his hashpaah on them. He fought to get many future bnei torah a be accepted into BMG and they all produced and didn’t disappoint him.
Not a sefardi, but I watched him build young boys to be exceptional benai Torah , boys that would otherwise not be frum today, and he never got tired. A one way ticket to gan eiden. His fruits will grow and multiply and be a zechus for him upstairs.
A true tzadik. He knew that only Torah is important and did not care for external differences. When the Bonei Torah in America are counted, he is amongst the top of the list.
לא כחל ולא שרק ולא פרכוס, ויעלת חן
Took nothing for himself. A life dedicated to making young boys true bnei Torah. He saw the potentail of every person. His favorite saying was ‘YOU SHOULD HAVE FRIENDS THAT RECOGNIZE YOUR WORTH”.
it is a great loss to all of klal yisrael I would not be where I am if not for him he meant a lot to me he was always there when I needed him
An amazing person we lost.
He loved Torah, he saw the beauty of Torah and wanted others to also have that connection to Hakadosh Baruch Hu He took people out of public schools and put them in yeshivot many of them are now Rabbanim, all because he cared about others. A tremendous loss for klal Yisrael.