HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Dovid HaKohen Katz ZT”L, Rosh Yeshiva of the main Chabad Yeshiva in Kfar Chabad and an elder among Chabad roshei yeshiva in Eretz Yisrael was niftar. The rav, who was 83, was involved in chinuch in Kfar Chabad for some fifty years.

The rav’s shiurim in Shas traveled the world including Russia, France, Australia and Argentina, and he was known for his vast knowledge in both the nigla and nistar. The rav was an outspoken opponent of any reform regarding efforts to draft bnei Torah into the IDF and was a driving factor behind the large Yerushalayim anti-draft event that was held last year.

The levaya began from the niftar’s home at 10 Yonah HaNavi Street in Bnei Brak.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)