Overview
- Community outlets reported his passing late Monday, with the levaya scheduled Tuesday to pass 770 Eastern Parkway at 1:30 p.m. before burial at Montefiore Cemetery in Queens.
- He served as a mashbak in the Rebbe’s home for about 18 years, assisting the Rebbetzin and handling private household matters.
- Accounts note he cared for the Rebbetzin’s mother, helped during the Rebbe’s 1977 heart attack, and blew shofar and read megilla for the Rebbetzin using items provided by the Rebbe.
- He was born in 1951 in Eretz Yisroel and was a descendant of the Sanz rabbinic dynasty.
- He is survived by his wife Baila, children and grandchildren, as well as siblings, with shiva information to be announced.