Rabbi Avraham Zuckerman zt“l, the oldest leader of the Religious-Zionist community and rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Bnei Akiva, passed away last night at the age of 98 at his home in Kfar Haroeh following a hospitalization.
Rabbi Zuckerman was born in Lita in 1915 and moved to Eretz Yisroel in 1936, founding Yeshiva Bnei Akiva three years later together with Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Neria.
He was the author of sefer Luchos Even al haTorah.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rivkah Zuckerman, their five children, three dozen grandchildren and over one hundred great-grandchildren.
Kevurah will take place today at the Kfar Haroeh bais hachaim.
{Matzav.com Israel News Bureau}
BDE
His son-in-law is Rav Mordechai Greenberg, R”Y of Kerem B’Yavneh
He was a tzadik and an accomplished Talmud Chatham who had thousands of talmidim.
May his memory be blessed
BDE
This was a person responsible for teaching Torah to thousands, if not tens of thousands of young people
Baruch Dayan HaEmet.
BDE
What a mentch!
What a tzaddik and doer for klal yisroel in Eretz yisroel.