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Baruch Dayan Haemes – R. Gedalya Yerachmiel Shaffer OBM

In great Shock we inform you of the very tragic and untimely passing of R. Gedalya Yerachmiel Shaffer OBM of Crown Heights. His life was claimed in a tragic car crash in California, he was 61 years old.

He is survived by his wife Bronya, Children Liba Goldman (Teaneck, NJ), Nechama Dina Simon (Teaneck, NJ), Devorie Slutzkin (Zurich, Switzerland), Yosef Chaim (Crown Heights), Batyia (Crown Heights), Yehuda Leib (Crown Heights), Chana (Crown Heights), Shaina (Crown Heights), Yitzchok (Crown Heights), Michal (Crown Heights) and by a Brother in Boston and two sisters in Paris and Baltimore.

The Levaya will be Tomorrow, Thursday. It will be leaving at around 1:00pm from the Shomrei Hadaas Chapel and will be passing by 770 at around 2:00pm.

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

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30 Comments

  • shocked by the news

    It is so shocking, I did not personnaly know him, but he was a very Aidel and nice man.

  • NICEST KINDEST HUMAN MAN !!!

    Gedaliah shaffer was the nicest kindest puress person ! his neshomah lives on in his children who are all the pure example of good !!!! no family in crown heights are like the shaffers ! One thing i know is that gedaliah is up in shamoyim turning it over to make sure that moshiach comes as soon as possible !!!
    MY prayers are for his wife and children ,i saw with my own eyes what a special relashionship he had with his children no other can compare !!!
    i think its about time that moshiach comes already !!!!ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • so sad

    baruch dayan haemes
    R’ gedalyah was a gem of a person. this is shocking. He will be sorely sorely missed by not only his family but all friends and community members.
    ad mossai, aibershter, genug mit der galus.

  • Milhouse

    Oy vey. I was just at his house on Purim. A big baal chesed and a great conversationalist. This is horrible.

  • Family Kahan

    Baruch Dayan Haemes.
    Words can not express the kindness of Uncle Gedaliah, the amount of Chesed,devotion to Torah & Mitzvos, Chassidus,humility,Tzidkus and love of his family and the people around him, he left a warm feeling in everyone he met. He will be missed by the world…
    Be strong, we are with you..

    The Kahan Family
    Boca Raton

  • Scary!

    Hashem Yishmor! What a scary world we live in.

    Hamkom yenachem eschem besoch shaaar avelei tzion beyerushalayim.

  • It hurts

    there are no words…Hamakom yinachem eschem b’soch shaar avolei tzion v’yerushalayim

  • Long Beach, Ca

    Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Mitoch Sh’arei Avelei Tziyon Vyirushalayim, As a former neighbor of yours, and now out here in Long Beach,
    Lieba I am soo sorry, Brunya, what can I say? Nechami, my heart goes out to all of you and your families.
    May he be a meilitz yosher for all of u and us.
    May we merit the coming of moshiach, and experience the Vhukitzu Vranninu shochnei ofor NOW!

  • Friend

    Hamokom Yenachem eschem besoch shar avelai tzion Vyirushalayim. Yehuda and the family, words cannot express the sorrow, may Hashem have rachmonis and bring back our loved ones before we have a chance to mourn for them.

  • oy vey

    AD MOSAI
    Michal we share in ur pain with you
    may HKB”H bring moshiach already and put an end to all of this.

  • Toshav hashchuna

    Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

  • BRHS

    Michali we are here with you, and for you. We feel your pain. Hashem Ad Mosai, let us all cry out together. How many tragedies can we endure?? Hashem we can’t handle this much longer…PLEASE

  • heartbroken

    Gedalia will be sorely missed by his loved ones, family and friends and by the endless stream of “tzedaka” collectors that line his door every sunday evening.
    Gedalia was a tremendous baal tzedaka, giving thousands upon thousands of dollars to individuals and families and never asked for recognition or Kavod. Those that have been at his house on any ordinary sunday over the past many years can attest to his endless outpouring of money to tzedaka.
    The children that he raised are a pure example of children who follow in their parents footsteps, they are children who learn from first-hand example what it means to help a fellow jew, in a sincere and humble way. And what it means to keep to a zman, and make time for learning each and every day.
    What a terrible tragedy.
    Ad Mosai!

  • concerned

    all the wonderful words said here leave little for me to say. I say that all those words don’t add up to what Gedalia was. My heart goes out to the family. They have riches from their family that few have had the bracha to have.
    MOSHIACH NOW.

  • we love you

    this is totally outrageous!
    Michal, we are all with you. You are a pure reflection of your father, having true ahavas yisroel.

  • Yeshivas Chabad Holon

    Yitzchak what can we say? We are totally shocked. The Yeshiva is with you. Words cannot explain what every single bochur in Holon feels like.
    May we merit to have the geulah right now, and we would all be in Yerushalayim with moshiach.
    Hamokom yenachem eschembeshoch shaar avalei tzion v’yerushalayim.

  • fp

    we were at the stock levya together out of all the people there i was looking at him i lived by them and got to see first hand what special people the whole family are we all need not to talk but to act he was not a talker but a doer lets all take something upon ourselves to live each day thinking of others and what each and everyone of us can do for another person we will all miss you this week we lost two of the best people of this community what can we do but live on to make a difference in someones life like they did so well

  • anonymous

    Every morning Gedalya used to daven in the 6:15 minyan and put on tefillin with every beggar in crown heights. He gave each one of them a dollar every morning so they would continue coming ever day.

  • Group Awsome

    We are in great shock, and we wish we were with you! moshiach should come right now! AD MOSAI AD MOSAI
    Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch SHaar Avaylay Tzion Ve Yerushalayim

  • friend

    hamakom yenachem eschem b’soch sha’ar availei tziyon V’yerushalayim!!

    Genug Tzarus Aibershter!

  • talmid of oheli torah 73----76

    another soul sent to upstairs to ask and plead ,4 moshiach , thats a maylits yosher, but who will stay here and teach us , how to act , well he was a very high neshamah, let him tell hashem
    how hard it is . bekasmeues and berucnieuse…….enough goulus

    moshiac now !!!!

  • mixed dance

    Michali, we are all behind you, we love you. Im yirtzeh hashem, we will all be there dancing, shaking our bells and wearing our shawls, when moshiach comes, NOW!!!

  • stuart

    I became friends with his son, Yitzi, in Postville. My heart goes out to him and the entire family.

  • Malcolm Alter

    I am terribly shocked and deeply saddened by this tragedy. I was a childhood friend of Gedaliah’s brother Bennet and still stay in touch. I can’t tell you how sorry I am. My heart goes out to the entire family.

    Sincerely,

    Malcolm Alter Boston, Mass.

  • Yisroel Meyer

    I used to learn chassidus with Gedalia when I lived in Crown Heights. He was outstanding in sechel, humility and compassion. I am deeply saddened. May Hashem give consolation to his wife, children, family and friends.

  • Bibi

    To this day it’s impossible to fathom that R’Gedalya is not in this world. But his wife and children are true living examples of what a real Jew and chossid means. They are the example of kindness and intelligence and of being educated and open minded and frum and chassidish. Hashem should bless them all and give the strength.
    Ad Mosai!