With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Zeev Volf Nisnevitch at the age of 99. Reb Zeev Volf, a longtime Crown Heights resident, merited to see three Rabbeim in his lifetime, and fought in the underground to bring Jewish education to children in communist Russia.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Zeev Volf Nisnevitch, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Zeev Volf Nisnevitch at the age of 99. Reb Zeev Volf, a longtime Crown Heights resident, merited to see three Rabbeim in his lifetime, and fought in the underground to bring Jewish education to children in communist Russia.
Before escaping from Russia in 1973, Reb Zeev Volf merited to see the Rebbe Rashab at the age of 3. As a Shliach of the Frierdiker Rebbe in the 1930s and 40s he spread yiddishkiet and Chassidus in the Russian underground, enabling Jewish education to continue in the face of communism and oppression.
Reb Zeev Volf settled in Israel with his family, and later transplanted to America where he became a big supporter of F.R.E.E.
He is survived by his children: Luba Goldschmid (Lod, Israel), Fania Rogatsky (Crown Heights), Ella Chein (Crown Heights), Esther Chein (Crown Heights), Laizer Nisnevitch (Marlboro, NJ) and Alex Nisnevitch (Crown Heights).
The Levaya will take place today, Wednesday; it will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadas Chapels at 12:00pm and passing by 770 at around 1:00pm.
The family will be sitting Shiva at 652 Montgomery Street [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
malcab
had gotten to know rabbi Nisnevitch while working at Brod & Goldshmid butchers – a very quiet, kind gentleman, always a nice word for me when he came into the store to see Chaskel Brod.
BDH
Mb
This was a very good friend of my Zaide from Russia.
special person
Having lived in Russia under Soviet regime Reb Nisenevitch appreciated being able to raise children with freedom to grow to be chassidishe kinder. He once saw my father walking with his sons(who were BH chassidisher bochurim..He said to my father “ az m’zet azelcher chassidishe bochurim darf man tantzin in gaas” Translation: When you see and have the zchus to have chassidishe kinder , you should dance in the streets” A true chossid. And an aideler tomim. BDE
zelig
at what occasion did he see the rebbe rasshab at 7 years old
Family friend
Thank you #3 for this beautiful story
BDE
So eery that him and rabbi wineberg passed away on the same day. They davened together and were good friends and rabbi wineberg used to visit him when he wasn’t able to make it to shul
BD H
i second 5 on that!
relative
He was an extremely special man who always had something nice and encoraging to say to others. His thoughts concerned everyone else beside for him, and he never complained about anything nomatter how bad it was. He will be dearly missed!