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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Moshe Eliyahu Gerlitzky of Montreal, Canada at the age of 94.

Among the founders of the Montreal yeshiva, Rabbi Gerlitzky was among the Temimim who studied in Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch in Warsaw - the original one, which was founded in the 1920’s, which he fled with a number of other Temimim and ended up in Montreal after being sent there on Shlichus by the Frierdiker Rebbe.

He is survived by his children Sara Mindel Shemtov (Crown Heights), Rivka Eisenbach (Montreal), Rabbi Avrohom Gerlitzky (Crown Heights), Chaya Laya Berger (Ottawa, Canada), Devorah Rivkin (Tampa, FL), Rabbi Yossi Gerlitzky (Tel Aviv, Israel), Menachem Gerlitzky (Crown Heights), Fraidy Shpigelman (Montreal).

He leaves behind children, grand children, great grand children, and great great grand children and is nicknamed “everyone's grandfather”.

The Levaya will take place today, Sunday, and will be passing by the Yeshiva on Westbury at around 2:30pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Rabbi Moshe Eliyahu Gerlitzky OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Moshe Eliyahu Gerlitzky of Montreal, Canada at the age of 94.

Among the founders of the Montreal yeshiva, Rabbi Gerlitzky was among the Temimim who studied in Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch in Warsaw – the original one, which was founded in the 1920’s, which he fled with a number of other Temimim and ended up in Montreal after being sent there on Shlichus by the Frierdiker Rebbe.

He is survived by his children Sara Mindel Shemtov (Crown Heights), Rivka Eisenbach (Montreal), Rabbi Avrohom Gerlitzky (Crown Heights), Chaya Laya Berger (Ottawa, Canada), Devorah Rivkin (Tampa, FL), Rabbi Yossi Gerlitzky (Tel Aviv, Israel), Menachem Gerlitzky (Crown Heights), Fraidy Shpigelman (Montreal).

He leaves behind children, grand children, great grand children, and great great grand children and is nicknamed “everyone’s grandfather”.

The Levaya will take place today, Sunday, and will be passing by the Yeshiva on Westbury at around 2:30pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

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Charles Plumb was a US Naval Academy graduate who flew jets in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, he was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. Upon ejecting he parachuted into the jungle where the Viet Cong captured him and held him prisoner for six years in North Vietnam. After the war, Charles Plumb lectured on lessons learned from that experience.

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“How in the world did you know that?” asked Plumb, the former pilot.

“Well, because I packed your parachute!” replied the stranger. Plumb gasped in surprise. The man pumped his hand and said, “I guess it worked!”

Attitute Of Gratitude – The Virtue Of Light Is In Contrast To The Dark

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“How in the world did you know that?” asked Plumb, the former pilot.

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