Levaya Held for Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Wilschanski

Photos: Dovber Hechtman
Photos: Dovber Hechtman

Thousands of talmidim and anash gathered today for the levaya of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Wilschanski, the Rebbe’s shliach to Eretz Yisroel and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Chasidei Chabad Lubavitch in Tzfas. The procession began at the Heichal Levi Yitzchak shul in Kiryat Chabad, passing by the Yeshiva, with kevurah in the Beis HaChaim in Tzfas.

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