Obituary: Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Sasonkin, 84, Beloved Mentor in Israel
He was a familiar sight in the Chabad-Lubavitch yeshivah in Migdal HaEmek, a scenic town in the north of Israel, where he served as a Chassidic mentor for the students in the Russian-language division. But few knew the story of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Sasonkin, who passed away this week at the age of 84.