With great shock and sadness is informed of the sudden passing of Harav HaChossid Harav HoGaon Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, the Moro D’Asro and Rov of Kfar Chabad. He was 71 years old.
R. Ashkenazi was on his way to the city of Tiveria to visit and daven at his father’s graveside, whose yohrtzeit is today, when he suddenly felt ill. He pulled his car over and called for help, which arrived quickly and evacuated him to a nearby hospital in grave condition.
Despite doctors’ best efforts, he passed away a short while later in the Shiba-Tel Hashomer Hospital.
Rabbi Ashkenazi was born in Tel Aviv to an illustrious and respected family of Rabbonim, where his grandfather from his mother&rsqu… Читать дальше »
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