Rabbi Herschel Feigelstock zt”l

Rabbi Hershel Feigelstock zt”l, a mechanech in Montreal for over 40 years, passed away today. He was 98.

Rabbi Feigelstock grew up in the pre-war Vienna Orthodox community.

His father was a learned businessman who made sure to teach Torah every morning and every evening, and who lectured for several hours every Shabbos.

When WWII began, his family escaped to Budapest. Later, his father insisted he travel with his brother to England, away from continental Europe. There studied in a yeshivah with other refugees.

In 5700 [1940], we were arrested and placed in an internment camp since as Austrian nationals, we were viewed as enemies. Eventually, we were transferred to camps in Canada and ultimately released.

Once in Canada, his first stop was at the newly established Chabad yeshivah in Montreal. There they were warmly welcomed by the nine young war refugees who had recently come to Canada from Poland by way of Japan and China.

In 1949 he married Sara Esther Feigelstock (nee Winter) who lived then Pittsburgh PA. After their marrige the couple moved to Montreal where they lived for over 40 years.

He is survived his children, Rabbi Yossi Feigelstock (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Shternie Greisman (Crown Heights), Rivky Teitelbaum (Miami, FL), Avrohom Feigelstock (Vancouver, Canada), Chaya Medalie (Johannesburg, South Africa), Shneur Zalman Feigelstock (Montreal, Canada), Sholom Ber Feigelstock (Los Angeles, CA), Devorah Leah Davidson (Pittsburgh, PA), and Alter Yehoshua Feigelstock (Los Angeles, CA) grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He is also survived by his brother, Hagaon Rav Yitzchok Feigelstock, rosh yeshiva of Mesivta of Long Beach.

He was predeceased by his wife, Mrs. Sara Feigelstock, and his son, Menachem Mendel Feigelstock.

Yehi zichro boruch.

{Matzav.com}