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  Rav Avrohom Kanarek zt”l All credit goes to Matzav.com December 29, 2020 10:00 am 2         >>Follow Matzav On Whatsapp!<< It is with great sadness that  Matzav.com  reports the  petirah  of Rav Avrohom Kanarek  zt”l . He was 99 years old. Born in Leipzig, Germany, young Avrohom enjoyed a childhood of comfort. Rav Avrohom’s Polish-born parents had moved to Leipzig for the economic benefits of that metropolis. Despite a path for prosperity for the family, his parents were  moser nefesh  to send their sons away to  yeshiva . After learning for a couple of years in Belgium, Rav Avrohom, at age 15, followed his older brother, Rav Yisroel Eliezer  zt”l , and went to learn in Kaminetz under Rav Boruch Ber Leibowitz  zt”l. In Kaminetz, the  bochurim shteiged , working in great depth on the  shiurim  of Rav Boruch Ber. The  shiurim  were so profound that most  bochuri...

 All credit goes to MATZAV and BJL Websites Posted on 12/29/20   News Source  MATZAV BDE: Rav Avrohom Kanarek, zt”l By: Staff Reporter Born in Leipzig, Germany, young Avrohom enjoyed a childhood of comfort. Rav Avrohom’s Polish-born parents had moved to Leipzig for the economic benefits of that metropolis. Despite a path for prosperity for the family, his parents were moser nefesh to send their sons away to yeshiva. It is with great sadness that  Matzav.com  reports the  petirah  of Rav Avrohom Kanarek  zt”l . He was 99 years old. Born in Leipzig, Germany, young Avrohom enjoyed a childhood of comfort. Rav Avrohom’s Polish-born parents had moved to Leipzig for the economic benefits of that metropolis. Despite a path for prosperity for the family, his parents were  moser nefesh  to send their sons away to  yeshiva . After learning for a couple of years in Belgium, Rav Avrohom, at age 15, followed his older brother, Rav Yisroel El...

  The Battle for the Court of Sadiger A Hasidic sect has maintained a regal aura through a century of turmoil and migration. Now a contentious succession threatens to bring a noble family down. BY PINI DUNNER DECEMBER 22, 2020 The Sadiger Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Moshe Friedman DEE VOCH In the often sheltered and inaccessible Hasidic communities, sordid political intrigue lives cheek-by-jowl with spiritual loftiness and religious devoutness. Fascinating tensions in this throwback world are frequently bound up in the succession of leadership among the Hasidic groups, or courts, which can coalesce, fracture, and reform around the expansive family tree of prominent Hasidic dynasties. “The death of a Rebbe is a wrenching experience for the [Hasidic] court and for each of the Rebbe’s followers. To prevent the dissolution of the court a new leader must be named. The Rebbe’s sons are the first to be considered in the line of succession to become Rebbe,” wrote Jerome Mintz, anthropology profes...