PHOTO: Hundreds this afternoon attended the Levaya of Reb Shmuel Kunda Z’L, who was Niftar yesterday evening following a lengthy illness.
The Aron is now being taken to JFK, where a Levaya will be held at 4:30 PM at Elal Cargo B, Building 23.
A Levaya will also be in Eretz Yisroel at 2 PM on Thursday, at the Har Hamenuchos parking lot.
Shivah will be taking place at 213 Williams Street in Lakewood.
Rabbi Kunda was a gift to klall Yisroel. He brought brilliant music,lyrics and entertainment to the whole family. We used to sit around and listen to his tapes for hours…He was a person who loved people. He exuded happiness and warmth. It was always such a pleasurable experience talking with him. May it be a nechama to the family to know he was loved by so many people. We will never forget him.
Yes, HE LOVED EVERY JEW, no matter their background, size, stature or color. LET’S ALL EMULATE HIM. LET’S LEAVE THE JUDGING TO HASHEM, AND START REALLY LOVING OUR FELLOW JEWS AND FINDING THE GOOD IN EVERYONE.
Wow. A real loss.
a real loss for jewish children and the chinuch of jewish children. as a child of 10 i remeber reb shmuel zl as a rebbi in yeshiva torah vodas elementry school .he was an artist,favorite rebbe, funny is an understatement,always a joke smile and drew children to him as a magnet making torah and yidishkeit fun and enjoyable. well my favorite story teller @14th ave pirchei i ran out of my house 11blocks every shabbos to hear his funny animated stories and walked him home every shabbos afterwards to his attic apartment on the corner of 47th st and 14th ave current munkatch bais medrash always a smile good word a real baal middoes tovos
may he be a meilitz yosher for his children and all of klall yisroel
His passing is very sad. However, he will live on through the wonderfully entertaining and educational legacy he left Klal Yisrael.
i agree with you Yaakov unfornatley its not reality, love everyone the same if that was the case then it would end a lot of issues in this town
for example every child would have no issues getting into school
but since thats not the case we could only dream about what it would be like if everyone in this town really care about not only themselves and about others.
I didn’t know that R’ Kunda was niftar. How sad that he suffered. What a loss. He was also in Camp Naarim years ago and was an inspiration to all the boys there. We still quote his tapes all the time. Baruch Dayan Aleinu.
He was a Talmid Chochum who learned many hours a day he was Born in Shanghai to an Alter Mirrer and he Learned in The Mir Mesivta in Brooklyn under Rav Yosef Chaim Klein and in the Bais Medrash under Rav Shmuel Berenbaum he was Very close to The Mashgiach Rav Tzvi Feldman he could be seen learning in the afternoon with Geshmak in Derech Chaim in Boro Park