Rabbi Yosef Itkin, 69, Teacher Known as ‘Lamplighter of Pittsburgh’
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Itkin, an acclaimed teacher, mashpia (Chassidic mentor) and kashrut executive who brought his tireless enthusiasm for Torah study and Chassidic philosophy and customs to the Pittsburgh Jewish community for more than 40 years, passed away on 7 Tevet (December 18). He was 69 years old.