It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rav Yaakov Pollack zt”l, longtime of the Shomrei Emunah shul of Boro Park. He was 93.
Rav Pollack led Shomrei Emunah from the early 1970s until his retirement in 2008.
He is survived by his wife, Rebbetzin Rhoda Pollack, and their children, R’ Avrohom Pollack, R’ Daniel Pollack, R’ Shmuel Pollack, R’ Yisroel Meir Pollack, Mrs. Chana Baran and Mrs. Devorah Hertz.
The levayah was held Sunday afternoon at the shul at 52nd Street and 14th Avenue in Boro Park.
Yehi zichro boruch.
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Prior to Shomrei Emunah he was Rav in Jackson Heights, Queens.
I was told that there were no hespedim, as per a צוואה the niftar left.
That is correct