Tragedy struck the Har Nof neighborhood of Yerushalayim as Moras Yocheved Chavah Gottleib A”H was niftar after the Shabbos Aufruf for her son. Her petira comes a day before her son’s chupah.

The 66-year-old Har Nof resident was married to Rav Chaim, and she went into cardiac arrest on motzei Shabbos, a just a few hours following the Aufruf. Mrs. Gottleib was planning to bring her son Shimon Menachem to the chupah in Bnei Brak on Sunday evening 17 Menachem Av but instead, the family attended a levaya before the chupah.

Acting on advise of rabbonim, when it was not clear if she would survive until the chupah, the family worked on motzei Shabbos to hold the chupah immediately, hoping she would be able to attend but efforts to resuscitate her were unsuccessful.

The nifteres was a daughter to Rav Yosef Leib Alter, a principal of Yeshivas Sfas Emmes and a grandchild of the brother of the Imrei Emmes of Gur ZT”L. She ran a dress shop in the Geula area of Yerushalayim.

The levaya took place on Sunday morning. תהא נשמתה צרורה בצרור החיים

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)