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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Harav Hachosid Rabbi Aryeh Leib Avrohom Yaakov Scheiner, OBM, of Brighton, Massachusetts. He was an educator and was devoted to the Rebbe's Mivtzoim.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Leib Scheiner OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Harav Hachosid Rabbi Aryeh Leib Avrohom Yaakov Scheiner, OBM, of Brighton, Massachusetts. He was an educator and was devoted to the Rebbe’s Mivtzoim.

Rabbi Leib was a fixture in the Jewish community of Brighton, and would frequently be seen on the streets of Brookline and Brighton putting on Tefillin with fellow Jews.

For many years he taught in the Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Boston.

“He was a holy Jew who for decades was completly given over to doing the Rebbe’s Mivtzoim; he was a fixture in the Jewish life of Boston,โ€ a community member told CrownHeights.info.

He is survived by his wife Leah Yehudis, and children: Pinchas Scheiner (Detroit, MI), Rivky Kapeluschnik (Argentina), Mendel Scheiner (Montreal, Canada) Sholem Ber Scheiner (Monsey, NY) Dina Teitlebaum (Ottawa, Canada) Baila Keller (Monsey, NY) and Shmuel Scheiner (Detroit, MI).

He is also survived by his brother, Rabbi Yisroel Mordechai Scheiner (Borough Park, NY) and sister, Mrs. Rochel Knoepfler.

His Levaya took place tonight in Boston and continue tomorrow (Tuesday) in Crown Heights.

The Levaya will take place Tuesday in Crown Heights. It will be leaving from Shomrei Hadas Chapels at 10:00am and passing by 770 at around 10:45am.

The family will sit Shiva on Tuesday at 407 Crown St. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.], until 9:00pm. Shiva from Wednesday on will be at 45 Portina Rd. in Brighton, MA.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

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10 Comments

  • berns fam

    Bde baila so sorry to hear about your loss may we only share in simchos here on!!!

  • Rabbi Yakov Lazaros

    What a loss for the Boston community.
    He was a very hidden and modest man.
    But in reality he was a great Chosid and a Tzadik.
    May his family be comforted and never again know of sadness.

  • A former student

    I remember most his devotion to davening. It was truly inspiring to watch as a young teenager growing up.

    BDE.

  • CH resident...

    A wonderful man, and a wonderful family. I was a college student in the Boston area many years ago, and the Scheiners opened their home to me and many other students. We became family to them. Mrs. Scheiner is a warm, genuine mother figure to many. May the family know only simchos and nachas.

  • declasse' intellectual

    Does anyone know the phone number in Brighton; I am unable to come to the home from where I now live, but I would like to express my condolences via the phone.
    I remember the many hours that I visited his house and studied with him

  • Yossel

    Rabbi Sheiner was a special Yid and devoted Chossid of the Rebbe. May his family be comforted and may we be zocher to see him rise and return, neshama b’guf, with the Geula Shleima.

  • Ellenjane Scheiner

    May Rabbi Scheiner’s memory always be a blessing. I feel incredibly blessed to have known him, and will always remember his warmth, openness, and incredible kindness. Thank you, Rabbi, for showing so many like me the joys of Jewish life and for making this world a richer and better place. My thoughts are with the Scheiner family on the loss of a truly great man and a wonderful husband and father.

  • Cantor Henry Greenspan

    Rabbi Scheiner will always be remembered by the students at N.E.H.A. Boston Lubavitz Yeshiva as a gentle loving person. I spent my summer of 1965 with him working so hard to bring me up to speed so that I could rejoin my classmates the following September. He had patience beyond belief.May his Family find comfort amongst the mourners of Zion.

  • Ellen Harris

    I’m so sorry to the Scheiner family for your loss (and ours) of our dear Rabbi Leibel Scheiner. It was my privilege to get to know and learn from Rabbi Scheiner and his soulmate and wife Leah, two beautiful people with a most wonderful family. They opened their hearts and homes to many of us and sincerely cared, from the heart and spirit, deeply enriching our lives and souls.

    I consider my true rabbi to have been Rabbi Scheiner and his wife Leah my spiritual guide and both will remain in my heart forever. The kind and gentle spirit of Leibel and humor and warmth of Leah and true generosity of the whole family — as well as the joyous occasions when the house filled with light and good energy (and the times studying with Leah) will always be a sweet memory.

    I can’t do justice with these words, so I would like to convey my love and respect for the whole family and gratitude for knowing them and for how they welcomed me. Rabbi Scheiner, I will miss you, and thank you. I hope I can honor you and Leah in appreciation for your example. As the front door on their home read: “โ€ฆall are welcome”.