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Sydney Chabad Rabbi Yaakov Levitan Dies From Bondi Beach Terror Attack

Community tributes describe a behind-the-scenes leader whose work underpinned key Jewish institutions in Sydney.

Overview

  • Rabbi Yaakov Levitan succumbed to wounds sustained in the Bondi Beach terror attack on the first night of Chanukah.
  • He served as Secretary of the Sydney Beth Din in an administrative and operational role supporting rabbinical proceedings and communal functions.
  • He was an administrator at the BINA Library and Educational Resource Centre overseeing daily operations, budgeting, marketing, and BINA Sofer Services.
  • He founded tapNgive, a Sydney-based initiative providing tap-and-pay donation kiosk solutions for charities and nonprofits.
  • Originally from Johannesburg, he earned a Bachelor of Commerce in Business Management from the University of South Africa and pursued rabbinic studies at the Mayanot Institute in Jerusalem.