Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Sarah Esther Holtzberg OBM

With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rebbetzin Sarah Esther Holtzberg OBM who passed away this morning in Jerusalem at the age of 93. She was the Rebbetzin of Reb Moshe Tzvi Holtzberg ZT”L

A descendent of the Baal Shem Tov, the Maharal of Prague, and the Tosfos Yom Tov, Rebbetzin Holtzberg is survived by her children, Avrohom (Crown Heights), Yona (Boro Park), Nachman (Crown Heights), Shlomo (Crown Heights), Yisroel (Nachlas Har Chabad, Israel), Itche Yankel (Nachlas Har Chabad, Israel), Berel Holtzberg (Jeruslaem), Meir Yecheskel (Beital Eilit, Israel), Miriam Devora Reches (Israel), Feiga Bookspan (Beital Eilit), Yehudis Linder (Israel), and Ettil Levinson (Israel).

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