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A general has fallen: mourning the Novominsker Rebbe

Since inception, the organization has buried about two thousand meisei mitzvah — those who leave no family or money to ensure a Jewish burial

Perhaps most symbolic was a custom he maintained each Purim after retiring from formal rabbanus

I’m writing for myself here. Feel free to listen in

Closed in by corona, Rav Aharon Teitelbaum of Satmar still leads his flock

Lakewood, NJ had a few other “false starts” prior to Rav Aharon Kotler’s arrival there in 1943