The painful news of the petira of R’ Shimon Dov Samet z”l, 28, spread rapidly throughout Meah Shearim on Sunday morning 3 Adar 5772. The niftar was a grandson of HaGaon HaRav Meir Brandsdorfer ZT”L.

Chadrei Chareidim reports the niftar went into cardiac arrest, the result of an unspecified cardiac illness.

The niftar was a son of HaGaon HaRav Yosef Samet, who is the chief editor of the Ohz V’Hadar Talmud as well as being a son-in-law of Rav Meir Brandsdorfer ZT”L. The niftar is a member of Toldos Avraham Yitzchak, and was married to a daughter of Rav Yoel Krauss z”l. He is survived by his rebitzen and three children with the youngest being 2.5-months-old.

The levaya began at 12:30pm from Shamgar Funeral Home via the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Beis Medrash to Har HaZeisim.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)