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Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak haKohen Rosenfeld, 1929-2025, Rav of Lubavitch Boro Park shul, 48 yrs
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This is a tribute to Harav Rabbi Benoy
and Rosenfeld. Rabbi
Rosenfeld was my childhood
rabbi in 1977 when he took over the sh
as the from his illustrious
father-in-law Elo
Simpson Talmud in Lavich and
Lavicher and Rab Rosenfeld was one of
his
son-in-laws. So I grew up with Rab
Rosenfeld. So I want to share some
personal
things and and to to sh to show you know
what type of ye was Rabbi Simpson used
to every shabas there as the tradition
in is when he passed away Rab Rosenfeld
started to review
the shabas
afternoon and I noticed this was when I
was like 16 17 I noticed that he was
hazering my marash. Now we yes were
learning
later. No one learned my of marash not
yeshiva and not much other times either.
So I asked him so he said this is what
we learned in 770 in the 1940s. That was
the a few the previous Reb had printed
with the Rebash as my was the
grandfather of the
fba and I remember sitting I used to
come early and he used to sit and I saw
him preparing the mimer and reviewing it
and memorizing and then he said the
mimer and it just left an impression I
could see it in front of me right now
you know coming into the shul at let's
say 6 6:30 or 7 whatever it was before
mink in the longer days and he's sitting
there learning
the mimer. Another thing that I saw he
used to have a he used to learn with
melovich. Those borrow of us from borak
know who he was. He was a Russian yid
that was close to rabashkin and he used
to learn with him was a simple person
Rosenfeld taught him. And later he
learned with someone
named
was but they
learned it could be was a book
in I don't know I know from his
children so I guess they got it
somewhere but the the commitment you
know to to learning to
learning I I saw that I grew up with
that and who who can forget Rosel
standing outside sometimes might have to
I'm sure there's a 10th person. Your
heart goes out. Here's a person with,
you know, a white beard already. You
know, he's in his 80s and he's standing
outside in a
minion. Why? Because this was a sh of
his father-in-law and it was a sh of
they named it then later after he passed
away the father-in-law they named it
bas. But it was it was it was Kabad of
Burough Park was the
Simpson/roenfel Shu. That's that's what
it was. The sh started in this location
in 1936. It actually started in 1929 on
14th of 46 where you see on the gem
video the fida from the second floor uh
looking out to the people who came to
greet him in 1929. That was on 14th
Avenue 46th Street in in the corner. But
then in 1934 that burnt down and until
they he moved to a permanent place. It
was 1936. So he's there 89 years. Right.
It's 2025.
the the shul the place was in the 89
years open as a shu as a
moderator and um Rosenfeld himself moved
there in
1963 because his mother-in-law passed
away. So with the advice of the Reba he
moved in with his wife and family to to
help the Rabbi Simpson who's already
become you know was older and he lived
there pretty much uh till probably about
60 years till 2023 or so before him and
his wife you know couldn't be alone
anymore and they moved to their son in
Crown Heights. So you know 60 years uh
being you know between your father and
then leading a congregation of the
Yeshua.
Some other memories every Shuis the
the people from Crown Heights of Tal
they would walk in right Shoulus was
Burough Park Williamsburg was
Pes
and was uh East Flatbush and I remember
you know as a boy seeing this um we got
here my parents moved here in 1970 I was
9 years old and I remember the coming I
remember Lipkar was speaking there was
on someone's shoulder and I remember
Bman speaking on someone's shoulder I
remember and there was thousands of
people in the street of Lebachers and
people the Boro Parkers were standing
and looking from the outside and
Rosenfold had um kdish and miz and soda
at a place it was it was beautiful it
was gorgeous it was it was great and
that was leavich it was kabad then of
course
there began not in before began roenfel
Sh and at and there was a time when was
teaching there that's where it began the
the I think in 75 or so 76 77 those
years it began that used to give the
Tanya it all began over
there a lot of memories a lot of
memories to 95 in 96 years I think
that's they wrote 95 but I think it was
96 six. He was born in of I believe. So
this of he would have been 97. Tesh Pas
of and uh he raised Barashem beautiful
children and grandchildren great
grandchildren. Just three weeks ago he
was Mad Kadush I think of a great
grandchild at
770. And uh I comfort all of them, you
know, um those that are more my age and
then the older sons who are in their
schlookim all over the world in
Switzerland and Colombia in Colombia
andro here there and everywhere you know
and the grandchildren are shim and great
grandchildren. It's it's beautiful to
see it's a beautiful
family and on one hand this you know it
closes the circle you know sagural you
know I mean I'm standing I was standing
there this morning and looking at the
shul and looking at the the the hear and
the casket and the urin and the people
and it's on one hand very sad like you
know it's the end of an era it's the end
of an
era now hashem there's several
and and then there's things happening.
But this is this is something that I
grew up with and many of us grew up with
and those that are a little older can
relate to what I'm
saying. This was this was Lebavich and
Burough Park. Okay. It was always small.
We weren't very large, you know. It was
was but it was it was a magnificent
shoe. you had in the show there people
like Roberto Levy and a Ginsburg and
Zelig Leven and my father and
Iort and Kodney and Picarski
um
Rubashkin um the
Rabinowitz and
Shinburgger and there was it was it was
a happening place. It was arguments and
sometimes fighting and screaming and
sometimes hugging and kissing and
fabanging and
um it it it's really a very very special
a very special thing you know so my wish
to to the family is to continue
Rosenfeld's ways you know how he came to
Leavage his father was a Gassid in fact
I know where he's buried not far from my
father-in-law
And um he came to lababage I think the
grroners helped brought them that's what
they say you know to to the yeshiva he
became a talban in the early 1940s and
the yeshiva he was um I think in 1946 he
was sent I believe uh to Chicago with a
group of goldman him and the posner
posner label posner and a few others
they were
like in you know 1946 six I believe to
Baba Shiva in
Chicago what else what else should I say
that um so on one hand you know it's the
the the it's the end of an era the same
time there's the generations continue
and people and he left over such a
beautiful illustrious and wonderful and
large family and may Hashem help
that there should be death should be
eradicated and uh
be a blessing and let us continue doing
good things
[Music]
that he was a
Rosenfeld should be in the right place
in the best place and to go to
the to bring Msiah and to rebuild the
BD. Thank you.