Overview
- Rabbi Avrohom Lipskier died on Thursday, 28 Elul 5786, at the age of 86, according to multiple community reports.
- The funeral procession passed 770 Eastern Parkway on Thursday and he was buried at Old Montefiore Cemetery with a levaya and burial reported by community outlets.
- Lipskier served for decades as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Tiferes Bachurim in Morristown and founded Yeshivas Tiferes Menachem in Sea Gate, institutions focused on outreach to nonobservant Jews.
- Hundreds of his former students became rabbis and shluchim and thousands more were guided toward Torah and Chassidus, a legacy his family and colleagues emphasize.
- He was born in Kutaisi, Georgia, studied at 770, was sent on early shlichus to Brunoy and Milan under the Rebbe’s direction, and is survived by his wife Cirel, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren with shiva arrangements announced by the family.