Overview

• He collapsed Friday at his beis medrash on Rappaport Street in Jerusalem’s Beit Yisrael neighborhood and was rushed to Shaare Zedek, where doctors reported a massive stroke and placed him under sedation and ventilation.
• He passed away on Tuesday at age 75 after days of communal prayers, with the name “Baruch” added as a segulah for recovery.
• His institutional legacy includes founding the Nachlas/Nachalat Tzvi yeshiva in 2018 and launching the Amud HaYomi learning program, alongside opening a Williamsburg beis medrash in 2009 and relocating permanently to Jerusalem in 2016.
• He was widely known for fervent, extended Shabbat tishes, a Pesach Sheini seder held in Shabbos attire, and published teachings under Raza D’emunah and the weekly Lehavos Eish.
• He is survived by children who hold rabbinic posts, including Rabbi Naftali Hertzka Yitzchak in Beit Shemesh and Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga in Williamsburg, and funeral arrangements were still being finalized at the time of reporting.