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Anyone heard/seen him recently? He stopped posting to his youtube channel many months ago.
Was he the Chabad moishichist who went around singing and engaging with guys on the street to acknowledge the rebbe etc. etc. Last I heard, he was moving to EY but perhaps Covid slowed him down
Just saw him on 13th Ave
Glad to see some of the eccentrics are still around, with Yankel Feferkorn, Yankeleh Fuest AKA Mechuctin, Shelly and YukYuk all in Olam Habah glad to see some are still around.
PS I was in London and I see Abbaleh is still aroundWhen was Yankel Feferkorn niftar??
There’s an article about Boro Park in the New York Times 14 years ago, titled In the Land of Black Coats, that mentions David Sondik.
There was also another eccentric yid in Brooklyn years ago nicknamed as “Mendel the Coat Rack” who also may have been niftar since he was quite old when I remember reading about him. Its interesting how back then, we had much greater tolerance and were considerably more supportive of individuals who did not fit within the “norm” of the stereotypes we created for various segments of the tzibur. There were also some really colorful characters who were regulars at Landau’s minyanim for whom words could not fully describe.
Mendel was niftar close to ten years ago, I think. You could always find him hitching rides.
Mendel died about 2 years ago, someone told be Yankel is gone about a year ago
Mendel unfortunately was niftar about 7 years ago: he was a very special neshoma
I remember Yeshiva World posting about Mendel’s petira. I was embarrassed because it was the first time I learned his last name.
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