Rabbi Yitzchak Shiner, Rosh Yeshivat Kamnitz, passed away at the age of 98 after a struggle in Corona • Despite the family's request, thousands of ultra-Orthodox came to accompany him on his final journey
After the huge funeral of the "elder of the heads of the yeshivot" - death struck again in the ultra-Orthodox sector.
Rabbi Yitzchak Shiner, Rosh Yeshivat Kamnitz, also passed away today (Sunday) after a battle with corona disease at the age of 98. Rabbi Shiner, the father-in-law of the great Haredi rabbi Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, fell ill in Corona recently and his condition deteriorated last week.
After the sight of the elves at Rabbi Soloveitchik's funeral, there was a clear concern that similar numbers would be seen at Rabbi Shiner's funeral.
In an unusual move, a message came from Rabbi Edelstein's house announcing that he would mourn the deceased from his home, by phone, and not attend the funeral, despite the deep friendship between the two and the family connection.
At the same time, the ultra-Orthodox information staff at the Ministry of Health went out to fight and published a letter written by Rabbi Shiner himself about a month ago about the fact that there is no place to gather these days.
But despite the efforts, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox were still seen there to accompany the rabbi on his final journey.
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"Each of us has a duty to do the will of Gd at this time, and to observe all that must be observed on the part of the duty of diligence consumed, in the opinion of experts not to be harmed God forbid and not to infect others," Rabbi Shiner wrote. Density and the like, which is sometimes found in joys and the like, by which grace and peace may come to be harmed or harm grace and peace and also can result from this a lot of cancellation of Torah. "