Chavrusa of Hagr"c Kanievsky • Hagaon R' Berel Weintraub zt"l

Baruch Dayan Haemes: At the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer died tonight at the age of 81, Hagaon R' Dov (Berl) Weintraub zt"l, one of the greatest Talmidei Chachomim in Bnei Brak.

At Ma'ariv last Motzaei Shabbos, he suffered a stroke and was taken to the hospital - and tonight he returned his soul to iss Creator.

R' Berel zt"l was born to his father Hagaon R' Shmuel Weintraub zt"l Rosh Yeshiva of Novardok in the town of Pinsk.

As a youngster, he studied at the Lomze Yeshiva in Petach Tikva, where he was close to the Roshei Yeshiva. He was a beloved Talmid and close to Hagrem"m Shach zt"l, then serving as a Magid Shiur at the Yeshiva. One Purim he sent with R' Chaim a "shalach manos" to Harav Schach, a page which included a question on each maseches of the Shas.

At the yeshiva, he learned Chavrusa with his friend Hag"r Chaim Kanievsky, who he was in close contact with until his last day. The relationship between the two is impossible to describe. While he learned at the yeshiva, he also learned chavrusa with Hagrm"z Bergman, with whom he had close contact.

R' Berel zt"l lived in the building of the Lederman shull, located near the home of R' Chaim on Rashbam Street. The two used to walk together regularly, for decades, at the time of Ra'va Dera'avin and talk in Torah.

The deceased himself bore no Torah position, but every morning for decades he would make his way from his home to Kollel Chazon Ish, where he would sit and learn Torah for hours. Young Avrechim would come to him with questions and negotiate in learning.

He was author of the books "Dvar Shmu'a" on tractates of the Shas and other chiburim.

He published the books of Hagaon R' Gedaliah Nadel zt"l – Chidushei R' Gedaliah, on which he labored and toiled hard and gathered from the notebooks of his Talmidim.

His levaya will leave today (Monday) at 13:00 pm from Kolel Chazon Ish on Simtat Ha'Ari Street in Bnei Brak, to the Ponevez cemetery, where he will be buried near his neighbor and and friend Hgr"g Nadel zt"l.

May his soul be cherished in the bundle of life.

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!