Overview
- At the levayah, self-described dropouts and at-risk youth carried the aron in accordance with his handwritten final instructions.
- He died at 75 after years of illness and is survived by children and grandchildren.
- He was regarded as one of Breslov’s most influential mashpi’im, with thousands turning to him for blessings, counsel, and encouragement.
- Born in Denmark to Rav Yitzchak Knopelmacher, he was raised in Vizhnitz institutions before becoming a leading Breslov mentor.
- He upheld the Breslov custom of traveling to Uman each Rosh Hashanah to pray at Rebbe Nachman’s tziyun.