Deep sorrow has spread throughout the Slonimer chassidus with the passing of the revered elder chassid, Reb Yechiel Aharon Boimel zt”l, who was niftar at the age of 92. The levayah will take place today in Yerushalayim.
Reb Yechiel Aharon was born on Erev Pesach 5693 (1933) to his father, Reb Mordechai Boimel zt”l, and his mother, Mrs. Feiga Rachel a”h. His bris milah was performed on the knees of the saintly ga’on Rav Moshe Kliers zt”l, the rav of Tiveria.
He studied at Talmud Torah Or Torah in Tiveria, where he became deeply attached to the Rebbe Reb Mordechai of Slonim zt”l. Later, he was brought by his Rebbe, the Nesivos Shalom, to learn at Yeshivas Beis Avrohom of Slonim, where he was among the first talmidim and learned b’chavrusa with Rav Moshe Halberstam.
Over the course of his life, Reb Yechiel Aharon merited to bask in the presence of six Slonimer Rebbes: the Beis Avrohom, the second rebbe, Rav Motel of Slonim, the Birchas Avrohom, the Nesivos Shalom, and the current rebbe.
He later married into the distinguished family of Reb Binyomin Ze’ev Sokolovsky. building a home of Torah and chesed together with his wife.
Reb Yechiel Aharon shared a particularly close bond with his Rebbe, the Nesivos Shalom, who even asked him to study b’chavrusa with his son, the current Rebbe, during the war years when they were in Tiveria. In later years, he merited to care for his Rebbe during his illness at Hadassah Hospital.
For over fifty years, Reb Yechiel Aharon served as the baal tefillah for the yemei hadin—leading the davening on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—and as baal koreh at the main Slonimer Beis Medrash on Salant Street in Yerushalayim, his voice echoing in the memories of generations of mispallelim.
In his later years, his health declined, and he resided in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mili Schneider, chairwoman of Kesher Yehudi. He was blessed with children and grandchildren who follow his path.
The levayah will take place today, with kevurah near the tziyun of his Rebbe, the Nesivos Shalom, on Har HaZeisim in Yerushalayim.
Yehi zichro baruch.
{Matzav.com}
