It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Shlomo Blumenkrantz zt”l.
Rav Shlomo, a renowned talmid chacham and posek, leaves behind a legacy of tremendous knowledge and yedios haTorah.
He was a son of Rav Chaim Menachem Bentzion and Devorah Blumenkrantz. Rav Chaim was a noted talmid chochom from Warsaw who attended some of the elite yeshivos in pre-war Europe, including Novardok. In 1948, Rav Chaim was abroad at the outbreak of the War of Independence and chose not to return. Instead, the Blumenkrantz family left Israel aboard a ship. In the early 1950s, the family settled in Bogotá, Colombia, where Rav Chaim became chief rabbi.
Rav Shlomo grew up in an environment steeped in Torah, which shaped his commitment to limud haTorah, harbotzas haTorah and hasmadah.
Rav Shlomo, who served as a rov in Boro Park and Kensington, last resided in the Kensington area of Brooklyn, where he was known for his expertise in halacha, particularly hilchos gittin. He was an invaluable resource to many women facing the challenges of husbands who withheld gittin, offering guidance and support. He helped thousands of people who had nowhere else to turn.
His scholarship extended beyond this field, as he authored several works, including Sefer Boruch Tzuri and Boruch Podeh Umatzil. He was a brilliant talmid chochom and mechadeish in Torah, whose wellsprings of Torah enriched to many over the decades.
Rav Shlomo was the brother of Rav Avrohom Blumenkrantz zt”l, the well-known author of The Laws of Pesach guide.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Batya Blumenkrantz; his children, R’ Avrohom Shalom Blumenkrantz, R’ Efrayim Blumenkrantz, R’ Chaim Blumenkrantz, R’ Pinchos Blumenkrantz, Mrs. Gottlieb, Mrs. Lang, Mrs. Silverman, and Mrs. Greinerman; and many grandchildren.
The levayah will take place this morning at 11 a.m. at Shomrei Hadas, located at 3803 14th Avenue in Brooklyn, NY.
The family will be sitting shivah at 534 East 4th Street in Brooklyn. Shacharis will be at 8 a.m., Mincha will be at 1:45 p.m., and Maariv will be at 7 p.m.
Yehi zichro boruch.
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He was an invaluable resource to many women facing the challenges of husbands who withheld gittin, offering guidance and support.
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Klal Yisrael has suffered the loss of a unique talmid chacham whose vast yedios in all far-flung areas of Torah were not an external aspect of his persona, but an inherent part of the very fiber of his being. He lived on a different plane, one that transcended our mundane, terrestrial existence. At the same time, he was an extremely personable and humble man, a man who took a keen interest in another’s wellbeing and who was willing to go out on a limb for him leshem Shamayim. An incalculable loss. May the family have a nechamah!