Shock and mourning engulfed the city of Modiin Illit on Motzei Shabbos with the news of the petira of Mrs. Leah Kirshenbaum, a’h, of COVID-19 at the age of 43.

The nifteres was a well-known and beloved gannenet (playgroup teacher) in the city, and has lovingly taught hundreds of the city’s children for over twenty years.

She contracted the coronavirus about a week and a half ago and her condition deteriorated quickly, apparently a result of the chronic medical condition she suffered from. She passed away on Shabbos, leaving behind her bereft husband, three children, parents and siblings.

Leah, a’h,� grew up in the Sanhedria neighborhood of Jerusalem and moved to Modiin Illit after her marriage to Rav Eliezer Kirschenbaum, a Rosh Kollel of one of the Achvas Torah kollelim.

(YWN Israel Desk � Jerusalem)