Rebitzen Shifra Nebenzahl A”H, the wife of the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem’s Old City, HaGaon HaRav Avigdor Nebenzahl Shlita, was niftar over Shabbos. The levaya was held on motzei Shabbos.

The rebitzen, who was known for her total and absolute commitment to supporting the rav’s limud Torah, was the daughter of Rabbi Chaim Ze’ev Finkel as well as the sister of the Mir Brachfeld Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Aryeh Finkel Shlita.

Kol Chai Radio on Sunday morning 5 Adar I reported that when the rebitzen learned of her illness, she informed the doctor her only concern was who would continue making certain the rav’s needs are taken care of around-the-clock to permit him to continue his learning without any disturbances. She was not concerned for herself but was distressed her illness might compromise the rav’s limud Torah.

Her family explains that her entire being was engulfed in acts of chessed, as was evident by all who merited meeting her. The rav visited her bedside on Thursday and family members were with her when her neshama left this world on Friday night.

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(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)