The painful news of the petira spread from Haifa as the kehillah understood HaRav HaChossid Menachem Dovid Kustiner z�l, a brother-in-law of the Seret-Vishnitz Rebbe Shlita, was niftar on Thursday.

The niftar was among the notable chassidim in the Seret-Vishnitz community in Haifa and he was a prominent bal tefilla in the main beis medresh.

The niftar took ill about six months ago, and today, Thursday; he was niftar in his home.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)