Brooklyn, NY – Final Farewell For Holeiner Rebbe, Rabbi Ephraim Fishel Hershkowitz

Brooklyn, NY – More than one thousand people took to the streets of Williamsburg this morning to pay their final respects to Rabbi Ephraim Fishel Hershkowitz, the Holeiner Rov who passed away on Shabbos at the age of 94.

Rabbi Hershkowitz, a noted posek, had been a member of the Klausenberger Beis Din for more than 70 years and had been a senior dayan at the beis din for years.

The funeral took place at 11 AM this morning the Sanz Klausenberg Beis Medrash at 131 Lee Avenue. Numerous streets were closed in the area to accommodate the mourners who flocked to the area in order to pay their final respects to Rabbi Hershkowitz.

Rabbi Hershkowitz will be laid to rest in Israel.

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