It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rav Menachem Bentzion Grossman zt”l, who served for decades as a spiritual mentor within both Chabad and Breslov circles. He was 80 years old.
Rav Grossman suffered a severe stroke and, despite the efforts of the medical staff at Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah, he passed away.
The levayah will take place this evening at 10:00 p.m. in Migdal HaEmek, where he will be laid to rest.
Rav Menachem Bentzion was born in Yerushalayim on the 11th of Av, 5705 (1945), to his illustrious father, Rav Yisroel Grossman zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Pinsk-Karlin and a leader of Yeshivos Karlin, Chabad, and Migdal Ohr. His mother, Rebbetzin Gutte Perl (Pninah) a”h, was the daughter of Rav Yosef Gottfarb zt”l.
As a child, he studied in the famed Talmud Torah Etz Chaim in Yerushalayim. In his youth, he married Rebbetzin Chaya Sarah, the daughter of Rav Yerachmiel Moshe Kenig zt”l of Yerushalayim, and together they established their home in the holy city. During those early years, Rav Grossman joined the administration of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Nachalas Har Chabad, which was then being founded.
He was privileged to be among the close associates of the Baba Sali, Rav Yisroel Abuchatzeira zt”l, and maintained close connections with numerous gedolei Yisroel across the Torah world.
Over the years, he also served as a member of the staff of Chesed L’Avraham, the institution established by the Skulener Rebbe zt”l, where he guided children of immigrant families toward a Torah-true education. Additionally, he led a special yeshiva program for rehabilitating prisoners, helping many rebuild both their spiritual and material lives.
A key figure in the founding of Migdal Ohr institutions in Migdal HaEmek, he worked hand in hand with his legendary brother, Rav Yitzchok Dovid Grossman, to strengthen and expand these vital centers of Torah and chesed.
Rav Grossman was the author of Tzintzenes Hamonn, a sefer devoted to the teachings and conduct of the Belzer Rebbe, Rav Aharon of Belz.
He was niftar on the thirtieth yahrtzeit of the Ribnitzer Rebbe zt”l, to whom he was deeply attached.
Rav Grossman leaves behind an esteemed family of sons, daughters, sonsgrandchildren, and great-grandchildren who continue his legacy. He is survived by his brothers, Rav Yitzchok Dovid Grossman, chief rabbi of Migdal HaEmek; Rav Yaakov Grossman; Rav Zalman Grossman, member of the Migdal Ohr administration; and Rav Eliezer Grossman, rosh yeshiva of Migdal Ohr for youth and a ram at the Seret Vizhnitz Yeshiva.
His brothers-in-law include Rav Naftali Nussbaum, rosh yeshiva of Chayei Moshe in Yerushalayim; Rav Shmuel Tzvi Fried, dayan in Yerushalayim; Rav Ben-Zion Leibowitz, educational director of Vizhnitz institutions in Yerushalayim; and Rav Baruch Luria, member of the faculty of the Beis Medrash L’Dayanus Be’er Mayim Chaim.
Yehi zichro baruch.
{Matzav.com Israel}
What a sweet yid. BDE