BDE: YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of HaMekubal HaTzaddik Rav Rachamim Attiya zt”l, one of Yerushalayim’s leading mekubalim and a senior figure at Yeshivas Nahar Shalom, who was niftar Tuesday at Shaare Tzedek Medical Center at the age of 95.

HaRav Attiya was held in the highest esteem by Maran HaRav Ovadia Yosef zt”l, who often sent people to him for a pidyon nefesh. He leaves behind 13 children and hundreds of descendants, including his son, HaRav Avraham Attiya, and his daughter, the wife of HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef, Rishon L’Tzion and son of Maran HaRav Ovadia Yosef zt”l.