BDE: Harav Tuvia Blou, Veteran Chabad Rov and Mashpia in Eretz Yisroel, Passes Away at 90

With deep sadness we report the passing of Harav Tuvia Blou OBM, one of the elder Rabbonim and Mashpiim of Chabad-Lubavitch in Eretz Yisroel and Rov of the Chabad community in Neve Yaakov. He passed away on Wednesday, the 23rd of Tammuz, 5786.

He was 90 years old.

Harav Blau was among the founders of Talmud Torah Toras Emes and Bais Chana High School for girls in Yerushalayim.

Compounding the sadness, he passed away during the shloshim for his wife, Rebbetzin Chana Frumit Blou OBM, who passed away on 2 Tammuz.

The levaya will take place today, Wednesday, the 23rd Tammuz, departing at 2:00 pm from the Shamgar Funeral Home in Yerushalayim. The procession will continue to the Chabad section of Har HaZeisim, where he will be laid to rest.

The family will be sitting shiva at the Blou home at 43/9 Harav Zevin Street, Neve Yaakov, Yerushalayim.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes