YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Verdan Rebbe, HaRav Yosef Leifer ZATZAL. He was 95.
The Rebbe collapsed suddenly in his home on Tuesday night, and was Niftar shortly after.
The Rebbe, a Holocaust survivor, was the oldest Rebbe in the United States. His Bais Medrash is located on Avenue N and East 9th Street in Flatbush.
Further information will be published shortly.
Boruch Dayan HaEmmes…
PHOTOS BELOW BY HESHY RUBENSTEIN AND JDN
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I grew up in his shul, my father ah was from the first 10 people on the day it opened. He was at my bris and probably named me. As a kid, I thought he was like a malach when he would daven for the amud on Yamim noraim. I was in awe of him. Zecher tzaddik livracha.
Baruch Dayan Emes. H’ plucks a beautiful flower from the garden. May he spare the thorns on its account.
What a kind and holy face this man had. BDE