Rabbi Nachum Pressman, 50, AH

Rabbi Nachum Pressman, a beloved and dedicated Shliach in Potsdam, Germany passed away on Tuesday, 5 Adar II, 5782.

Rabbi Nachum Pressman, a beloved and dedicated Shliach in Potsdam, Germany passed away on Tuesday, 5 Adar II, 5782.

He was 50 years old.

R’ Nachum was born in Tashkent in 1971 to his parents Rabbi Levi and Malka Pressman. When he was three and a half months old, his family immigrated to Eretz Yisroel and settled in Nachlas Har Chabad.

After his marriage to Michal Bostomski, the couple moved on Shlichus to Potsdam, Germany where they established a Chabad center and educational institutions for the local Jewish community.

During the Kinus Hashluchim this year, his community celebrated the groundbreaking for a beautiful new Chabad center near the city’s Parliament.

Around 3 months ago, he suffered a severe stroke and has been in a coma in hospitals in Germany and Eretz Yisroel.

He is survived by his wife, Michal, and children, Miriam Sudak – London, UK, Menachem Mendel, Avraham, and Chaya Mushka.

He is also survived by his siblings, R’ Avraham Pressman – Yerushalayim, Mrs. Shaindel Lipsker – Natzeret Ilit, Mrs. Esther Raskin – London, England, Mrs. Yehudis Feldman – Kfar Chabad, Rabbi Yitzchok Pressman – Bnei Brak, and Mrs. Basya Raskin – Kfar Chabad.

The levaya will take place today in Eretz Yisroel.

Baruch Dayan Haemes.