TRAGEDY: R’ Boruch Ber Ziemba z”l Drowns in Delaware

It is with profound sorrow that Matzav.com reports the tragic petirah of R’ Boruch Ber Ziemba z”l. He was 39.

R’ Boruch Ber was swimming with his children in the Delaware River when one of his children drifted out and was struggling to stay afloat. R’ Boruch Ber went to rescue the child but was drawn into the river’s strong current.

After more than 40 minutes, he was extricated from the water, but paramedics were unable to revive him.

R’ Boruch Ber was a rosh chaburah at Bais Medrash Govoah in Lakewood, NJ, where he was recognized as a budding talmid chochom and was beloved by all who knew him.

He lived on Nature’s Way in the Ocean Pointe development in Lakewood, where he was an admired member of the kehillah.

R’ Boruch Ber was a son of R’ and Rebbetzin Moshe Avigdor and Sori Ziemba of the Parkville neighborhood in Flatbush. Rebbetzin Ziemba is the longtime menaheles of Bais Yaakov of 18th Avenue in Boro Park and founder of Chein Bais Yaakov in Lakewood, NJ.

His wife, Temmi, is a daughter of Rav and Rebbetzin Moshe Shimon and Chaya Luria, rov of Khal Ohr Yechezkel on Ridge Avenue in Lakewood.

R’ Boruch Ber’s maternal grandfather was Rav Yisroel Garber zt”l, a renowned talmid chochom and the author of sefer Tal L’Yisroel, seven volumes on Shas. Rav Garber was a talmid in the yeshiva of Kamenitz in Europe, where he learned under his uncle, the rosh yeshiva, Rav Boruch Ber Leibowitz zt”l. Rav Garber’s mother was Rav Boruch Ber’s sister. The niftar, R’ Boruch Ber, was named after Rav Boruch Ber.

R’ Boruch Ber is survived by his wife and their seven children, his parents, in-laws, siblings, and a large extended family and circle of friends who are devastated by this tragic loss.

Levayah details will be posted as soon as they are finalized.

Umacha Hashem dimah me’al kol ponim.

UPDATE: The levayah will be held tonight, at 10:30 p.m. at the Bendheim (Yoshon) Bais Medrash of Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood NJ.

Out of respect for family members who did not know of the drowning or the petirah, Matzav.com withheld reporting until the proper parties were notified.  

{Matzav.com}