The Pinsk-Karlin community is in mourning following the petirah of the venerable chassid, Rav Yehuda Rosenfeld zt”l, one of the elder and most respected members of the Pinsk-Karlin kehilla and the uncle of the current Rebbe. He passed away on Shabbos Kodesh at the age of 91.

The levayah took place this evening at the Beis Medrash of Pinsk-Karlin in the Beis Yisrael neighborhood of Yerushalayim with kevurah on Har HaZeisim.

Rav Rosenfeld was born on the 26th of Teves, 5695 (1935), to his father, Rav Yitzchak Menashe Rosenfeld, who served for many years as a shochet, and to his mother, Mrs. Hadassah. She was a daughter of the gaon Rav Yehoshua Heshel Heltovski, one of the senior leaders of the Karliner chassidim and a descendant of Rav Aharon HaGadol of Karlin.

In his youth, he studied in Karlin, where he attached himself closely to the Rebbes of the Karlin dynasty. Upon reaching marriageable age, he married the daughter of Rav Yitzchak Rachtshper.

In Yerushalayim, Rav Rosenfeld became a well-known and respected shochet. He was renowned for his diligence in limud haTorah, using every spare moment to immerse himself in learning.

His brother was the Orchos Aharon of Pinsk-Karlin, and his nephew is the current Pinsk-Karliner Rebbe.

He is survived by six children and many grandchildren.

Yehi zichro boruch.