The news traveled quickly on motzei shabbos, that during the afternoon hours, HaRav Yehoshua Levy zt”l, who headed the nationwide Taharas HaMishpacha organization, was niftar at the age of 90. Rav Levy was known to many Gedolei Yisrael, who his misirus nefesh to maintain and improve mikvaos around Eretz HaKodesh. Over the years, who saw to the refurbishing of 1,000s of mikvaos and during recent years, during which there was limited or no funding from religious councils, Rav Levy continued working, personally undertaking the responsibility for funding such projects. He is credited with building over 900 mikvaos.
Many were on hand in Har Menuchos on motzei shabbos for the levaya.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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B”DE May he pray for us to have a Parah Aduma caparah soon.