Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer
Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer was the third Rebbe of the Pittsburgh Hasidic dynasty. He died on October 5, aged 64, after contracting the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel. Leifer composed more than 250 melodies, many of them pertinent to the synagogue prayer service, the Hallel Chodesh and Yom Tov.
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Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer was the third Rebbe of the Pittsburgh Hasidic dynasty. Born in the United States, he joined his father, Grand Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer, in Ashdod, Israel, to serve as rosh yeshiva of a new PittsburgherYeshiva in 1981. Leifer composed more than 250 melodies, many of them pertinent to the synagogue prayer service, the Hallel Chodesh and Yom Tov. He died on October 5, aged 64, after contracting the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel.
For the first six months of his life, Leifer stayed close to home and adhered to Ministry of Health guidelines. He was admitted to Lani Lani Hospital in Netanya on August 15, and died on August 4, aged 15. The funeral took place on October 4, and was attended by an estimated 5,000 people, with an estimated 1,000 in attendance.
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