The 20-year-old daughter of baal chessed R’ Elio Moti Sonnenfeldwas killed in a vehicular accident on Tuesday, 12 Adar R”L as she was traveling in the Shomron in her own vehicle. Magen David Adom received a report of the fatal crash at 20:43, a report of a head-on collision between a private vehicle and a jeep on Route 5 heading towards Alfei Menashe.

MDA EMTs and paramedics responded long with IDF personnel and fire rescue units. The victim, Daniella a”h, had to be extricated from the vehicle and after advanced life support measures she was pronounced dead on the scene. An 18-year-old female who was traveling with her was moderately injured. The 46-year-old driver of the jeep was lightly injured.

The victim’s father, R’ Moti was a talmid at Yeshiva Slobodka in Bnei Brak and is known to be close to gedolei yisrael. Today his is a very successful businessman who divides his time between Ra’anana, his home in Israel and Brazil.

He was close to Maran Rav Elyashiv ZT”L, and is close to Rav Yisrael Meir Lau Shlita, Rav Dovid Grossman Shlita, and Rav Elimelech Firer of Ezra L’Marpeh.

Two years ago he donated a Sefer Torah in memory of Rav Firer’s father and the Sefer was donated to the Belz Shul in Bnei Brak.

He is also close to Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett and has reportedly tried in the past to negotiate between Bennett and chareidi parties.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)