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Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Mendel Bartfield OBM

With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Mendel Bartfield OBM at the age of 81. He was a longtime resident in Crown Heights and the president of Empire Shtibel.

He is survived by his wife Fruma, his children Yossi (Florida), Sara Denburg (Montreal, Canada), Aaron (Coral Springs, FL) and Issac (Crown Heights).

The Levaya will take place today, Thursday and will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadas Chapel at 2:00pm and passing by 770 at around 2:45pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

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7 Comments

  • My eyes are filled with tears

    Reb Mendel was truly a special chosid! With misiras nefesh, leaving the comforts of home in Wooster, MA as a young child to come to New York and learn in Tomchie Timimim. He was from the very few still with us that saw the Friediker Rebbe and was in 770 on the shabbos of Yud Shvat, 1950.

  • so sad

    a true friend and major baal chessed – spent the last few hours of his life signing maos chittim checks for the members of the community and not just theose members of empire shteible

  • Yakov

    B.D.E.
    We will sorely miss you.

    R’ Mendel was a big Gomel Chesed, always taking a personal interest in someone else’s misfortune and making them feel like family – he would do it discreetly making sure to protect the receivers dignity. His brand of Chesed was from another time, a chesed rarely seen today.

  • Sam Snitsfelder

    Such a friendly chosid, good to all, liked by all, baal midos and baal tzedokoh. His family, Crown Heights and in particular Empire Shtibel will miss him dearly.

  • alan zinck

    a gentile son, not being jewish, i cant use any hebrew, but i can definitely say it in english, he treated me like a son. it was a privilege to have had this man in my life. thank you bartfield family for sharing him with me. alan

  • I wish I could have said goodbye

    Mendal was one of God’s guardian angels. And a strong one at that. He was a man that never gave up even up until his final hours. How he will be missed by so many. I was so very fortunate to have known and learned so much from such a GREAT man.

    May God guide and eluminate his path.

    I thank you God for giving me such a beautiful friend.