Rav Yakov Leiner of Radzin, zt"l
The Levaya on 54th Street today
A Reader writes:A terrible thing happened today, the
Radziner Rebbe, Rav Yakov Leiner passed away at 46 years old. He was a great historian,
yad'an and
lamdan. He lived in absolute poverty, with 11 kids. He told me that when he became
bar mitzvah his father gave him the
Lubavitcher siddur and said "this is our
nusach." It was almost in shreds but he
davened in it every day. There were over 1000 people there today at the
levaya. I can't explain to you my deep pain and
tza'ar. I don't know where to put my mind, what an
unglick. Every day I stayed after davening at the
Radziner shtiebel on 54th street and spoke to him. He knew "everything," and I mean everything. He was a true scholar and
yerei shomayim. He was a
kanoi for
Izhbitza but extremely warm and "liberal" in outlook of life. By "liberal" I mean in
ahavas yisroel, he couldn't stand any
kano'us against tziyonim or the like. He learned in Lakewood and
Rav Yeruchem Olshin gave such a moving
hesped! R' Olshin spoke like a true
chosid about the dynasty, about
Izhbitza, about what RAK held of his
Zaide the
Radziner Rebbe. I could send you and exclusive recording how a
"Litvak" is
maspid ah Chasidishe Rebbe.
Listen To Rav Olshin's hesped here.
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