YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of  HaRav Sholom Dovber Lifschitz ZATZAL, the founder and head of Yad L’Achim.

Earlier Thursday YWN had posted an urgent Tehillim request for Rav Lifschitz, whose condition was reported as critical.

The Rav, 84, had been hospitalized about a week ago in Tel Aviv’s Tel Hashomer Hospital with a severe case of pneumonia, and his condition took a drastic turn for the worse earlier today. His condition continued to deteriorate, until his Petira on Thursday night.

In addition to countering missionaries, Yad L’Achim had been active in the fight against the phenomenon of Jewish women who marry Arab men and get trapped in their villages, as well as the fight against assimilation.

Borsch Dayan Emmes…

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)