Mrs. Sarah Bleich, matriarch of an illustrious family of Rabonim, leaders and shluchim, passed away on Wednesday, 4 Sivan, 5786.

She was 90.

Mrs. Bleich was born in 1936 to R. Dovid and Yenta Lew of Williamsburg.

After marrying R’ Reuven Bleich, they first lived in Williamsburg and then later Boro Park. They had ten children together, whom they raised in a home replete with yiras shamayim and emunas chachamim and askonus.

Mrs. Bleich developed a relationship with Lubavitch, largely due to the friendship and influence of her brother, Rabbi Shmuel Lew Sheyichye and lhbchl”ch sister Mindy Feller, A”H.

She was zoche to be present at many of the earliest Lag Baomer parades, and was at the Farbreingen on Motzai Shabbos 11 Shvat, 5721, when the Rebbe discussed the Maharal—an ancestor of the Lew family. Her son, Rabbi Moshe Bleich, directs Chabad of Wellesley-Weston, and his son Rabbi Mendel and family are shluchim nearby at Babson College.

Mrs. Bleich is survived by her children R’ Pinchos Bleich, Brooklyn, NY; Rebbetzin Rochel Kalmanowitz, Brooklyn, NY; R’ Sholom Shachne Bleich, Lakewood, NJ; R’ Chaim Bleich, Woodridge, NY; Horav Yaakov Bleich, Kyiv, Ukraine; Mrs. Yenty Halpert, Monsey, NY; R’ Michoel Bleich, Forshay, NY; Mrs. Reina Tabak, Woodridge, NY; Horav Avrohom Bleich, Detroit, MI; Horav Moshe Bleich, Wellesley, MA; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband, R’ Reuven Bleich, A”H.

Levaya Information:

The Levaya will take place today, 5/20 at 5:00pm at Shomrei Hadas Chapel
3803 14th Ave
Brooklyn NY 11218

Kevurah at Har Shalom Cemetery
Hillside Ave
For men only

Shivah tonight and tomorrow morning at
6 Margetts Road
Monsey NY 10952

Baruch Dayan Ha’emes.