The body of habochur Eliyahu Abba Shaul Z”L, a 20-year-old resident of Bnei Brak, was released on Sunday from the forensic institute and will was be brought to burial tonight.
Eliyahu Abba tragically drowned in the Yarkon River, and his body was recovered earlier on Sunday.
Following intensive efforts, his release was secured through the intervention of Rabbi Asher Landau, rav of the forensic institute; strategic advisor Eliyahu Arend; ZAKA Tel Aviv CEO Tzvi Chasid; and operations officer Yechiel Goldman.
The levayah was held tonight, departing from his parents’ home at 40 Yehuda HaNasi Street in Bnei Brak. From there, the procession continued to the Sanhedria Cemetery in Yerushaklayim, where he was laid to rest near the kever of his grandfather, the author of Or L’Tzion.
Eliyahu Abba Shaul was born in Bnei Brak on 27 Av 5766. He was the son of Rav Yehoshua Abba Shaul, rav of the Or Eliyahu community in Bnei Brak, and the grandson of Rav Eliyahu Abba Shaul. He was also a great-grandson of Chacham Ben Zion Abba Shaul, author of Or L’Tzion, and of Rav Yehuda Mualem, Rosh Yeshivah of Porat Yosef.
His mother, Leah, is a daughter of Rav Shlomo Attiya and a granddaughter of Rav Yaakov Attiya, founder of the Yeshuos Yaakov institutions in Bat Yam and rav of the Lebanese Jewish community there.
In his youth, Eliyahu studied at Talmud Torah Noam HaTorah on Rechov Rav Landau in Bnei Brak, and later at the yeshivah ketanah Shaarei Torah, headed by Rav Chaim Yisrael Shapira. He subsequently continued his learning at a yeshivah in Moshav Tifrach, where he distinguished himself in his studies.
He was described by those who knew him as a pure and righteous bochur, deeply immersed in the daled amos of halachah. He loved walking and spending time alone in contemplation, often visiting Park HaYarkon. Tragically, it was there that he drowned, and he was niftar while many searched for him over several days.
Yehi zichro baruch. Tehei nishmaso tzerurah b’tzror hachaim.
{Matzav.com}
