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• itkin relatives

  hamakom yenachem eschem besoch shaar avalei tziyon veyerushalayim. Ad mosai!

• where is moshiach?

  AD MOSAI!!??!!??!!?

• Baruch Dayan Haemes

  The world is becoming rediculous. it is getting to a point where it is actually scary to live, not knowing when or what.

  hamakom yenachem eschem besoch shaar avalei tziyon veyerushalayim

• boucher

  yossi, i feel for you

• a friend of shaina

  HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? so close to his daughters wedding??? so a special man

• Viewer

  Such a tragedy. May the family have only good news to share and see him with Moshiach immediately.

• Shmuli

  AD MOSAI?!
  Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Sha’ar Aveile Tzion Veyerusholoyim.
  We Want Moshiach NOW!

• aussie

  hamakom yenachem eschem mitoch sh’ar avlei tzion veyerushalayim

  my heart goes out to you leah and shaina

• Hershel Tzuker

  Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Sha’ar Aveile Tzion Veyerusholoyim.

  we share in the sorrow of the family,Hershel&Fraidel Tzuker,Yerusholayim

• A friend...

  We lost a great man. As a lubavitcher bochur in Yeshiva of Hamilton, Rabbi Itkin would come every Wednesday night to learn chasidus with me…May his neshoma have an aliya!

• a bochur

  i’m so sorry
  we need Moshiach!

• Geisinsky Great Neck

  Zalman Itkin was the rock of the entire family.We need Moshiach NOW!

• AF

  his parents were my upstairs neighbors for years and whenever he was in ch we used to hang out outside all the time, all i can say is that he was a really special person. hearing what happened was really disturbing, its terrible to hear what happened

• yaacov CH

  hamakom yenachem eschem mitoch sh’ar avlei tzion veyerushalayim

  so sorry to hear… we need moshiach now. only good news.

• so sad

  Terrible to hear. I don’t know the family, but I pray for Moshiach & menucha & nechama for the Kallah & her family. May we merit the ultimate Simcha NOW.

• Hamokom...

  I am suffering with “meiner”, and then Hashem takes someone like Zalman Itkin away!!! How ironic!! May Hashem comfort the entire family.
  Ad Mosai???? We must have Moshiach NOW!!

• When will it be over???

  Boruch Dayan Haemes!
  Shaina we’re praying for you!!! For your mother and your brothers and sisters as well!!

  hamakom yenachem eschem mitoch sh’ar avlei tzion veyerushalayim

  Moshiach Now!!!!

• Mac Student & Friend

  Rabbi Itkin, OBM, was like fire and his enthousiasm was contagious.

  He basically ran Jewish student and adult life in Hamilton, Ontario, and he will be missed by all.

  Moshiach now? I’m not so sure. But how about a few more giants like R’ Itkin until then?!

• McMaster Alumni

  Rabbi Itkin was a special caring man, who was incredibly supportive of me when I lived in Hamilton. He will be truly missed.

• McMaster Alumni

  Rabbi Itkin was very special to the McMaster community and esspecially the Jewish students. He made Shabbat special for us even though we were away from our homes. He will be missed by all. My sincere condolences to his family.

• Schwevys

  Tonight, we are having a farbrengen with the topic of 19 Kislev (yes, it is the 20th now, but we think Rabbi Itkin would have liked that we are doing this.) We plan to learn to honour his memory, and by doing so, help the light of Jewish Study in Hamilton continue to burn brightly. 8pm, Andrea and Marc’s house.

  I am honoured to have known Rabbi Itkin. His Maasim Tovim were many, and he had an incredible effect on people in the Jewish and non-jewish communities at large.

  Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Betoch Sha’ar Aveile Tzion Veyerusholoyim

  We look forward to the Chuppah on Thursday and plan on following the directions sent by telephone this morning…

• Leat (Galimidi) Kuzniar

  Rabbi Itkin brought me close to Hashem. He changed my life and by doing so, has changed the future of my life with my husband and my growing family. He has a great share in my ruchnius and that of my family. Rabbi Itkin and his family welcomed me into their home and made me feel like a part of their clan- I called him Tati. He was gentle and kind and showed me love of Hashem. He never pushed- he encouraged me with humor and love. He was truly a great Shaliyach of Hashem in this world.

  HaMakom Yenachem Eschem Betoch Sha’ar Avelei Tzion Veyerushalayim

• Pomerantz Family

  I have had the privilage to know Rabbi Itkin almost since the day he arrived in Hamilton. He was a true inspiration to myself and to my family. He will greatly missed.

  Hamakom yenachem eschem metoch sh’ar avlei tzion veyerushalayim.

• schwevys

  Tonight we had 20 people over to our house at a Farbrengen and to learn in honour of Rabbi Itkin’s memory. We read about 19 Kislev from Chabad.com and one woman gave a d’var torah on the topic. We all told our stories about how and what we appreciated about Rabbi Itkin, and what we came away with was an overall feeling that if we could all just do ‘one more thing’ then it would be a good way to honour his memory.

• mendy.. from oholei torah--1974------76

  Bourch dayon haemiss:with much sadness.ill miss R.zalmin, those long nites of farbrengens in 770, after the Rebbas farbrengen .and the days that we spent on a mitzva tank in manhatten 1974-75 ,the best years of my life,was the years i spent with the zalmen itkin i `ll miss u , and waiting 4 moshiac to see once agien

• Chana Rochel Snajdman

  Your whole family is in our thoughts.
  In his honour Yitzi (Ryan) and myself have each taken on two more things.
  Such a wonderful, caring man. Words cannot even begin to describe the profound respect, admiration, inspiration he was and will continue to be. He was a huge influence and role model in my life.

  Will be at the chuppah with a smile on.

• Friend

  Shaina, I’m praying for you, your wedding should be with mazal and with simcha! Hamakom yenachem eschem besoch sha’ar aveilei tzion viyerushalayim. We need Moshiach NOW!!!

• A family member

  Zalman Itkin was a true chassid of the Rebbe, & in his warm, special, & non- threatning way he spread the Rebbe’s message to all!
  He is sorely missed