With sadness we inform you of the passing this morning of Mrs. Luba Chana Friedman, OBM, of Crown Heights, wife of the Rosh Yeshiva of Oholei Torah, Reb Yisroel Friedman, may he live and be well. She was 74 years old.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Luba Chana Friedman, 74

With sadness we inform you of the passing this morning of Mrs. Luba Chana Friedman, OBM, of Crown Heights, wife of the Rosh Yeshiva of Oholei Torah, Reb Yisroel Friedman, may he live and be well. She was 74 years old.

She is survived by her husband and daughter, Rochel.

She is survived as well by her siblings: Rabbi Moshe Gurkov (Boston, MA), Rabbi Sholom Ber Gurkov (Postville, IA), Mrs. Gittel Edelman (Casablanca, Morocco) and Mrs. Fruma Piekarski (Crown Heights). She is predeceased by her oldest brother, Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Gurkov, OBM, (Edison, NJ).

The Levaya will take place today, Monday, beginning at 1:00pm at Shomrei Hadas Chapels in Borough Park, after which it will pass in front of 770 Eastern Parkway at 1:45pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

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  • Shiva Info

    Her husbend, Rabbi Yisroel Friedman, her daughter, Rochel Friedman, and her siblings, Rabbi Sholom Ber Gurkov, Mrs. Gittel Eidelman, and Mrs. Fruma Piekarski are sitting shiva at 624 Montgomery St.
    Shacharis: 9:30 am, Mincha and Maariv: B’zmano
    Visiting hours:11:00-2:00 and 4:00-10:00