BDE: The Skulener Rebbe ZT"L

נצחו אראלים את המצוקים ונשבה ארון הקודש
Klal Yisrael is plunged into mourning with the petirah of the Skulener Rebbe Rav Yisrael Avrohom Portugal Zatzal. He was 96 years old. The Rebbe was niftar at John's Hopkins hospital in Baltimore.

 The Levaya will take place tomorrow morning 11:00 am at his shul in Boro park 13th Ave and 54th Street kevurah will be in Monsey next to his father the previous Skulener Rebbe at the Vizniter Bais Olam off rt 306. (During the Levaya in BP  52nd street to 61 St from 12th Ave to 16th Ave will be completely closed.)
TNZBH

From Wikipedia: Before the outbreak of World War II, the previous rebbe moved to Chernowitz. He survived the war and moved to Bucharest, the capital of Romania, where he opened an orphanage for the orphans left after the Holocaust. When the Communists took over Romania, it became dangerous for him to continue to educate the children in the ways of Judaism, yet the Rebbe continued unabashed. In 1959, the
Communists arrested the rebbe and his son, the present rebbe, for teaching religion and for supporting and educating orphans. The Rebbes of Sadigura, Kopishnietz and Boyan led an international effort to free the Skulener Rebbe and his son, and eventually, through the intervention of United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, the Rebbe and his son were freed and immediately immigrated to the United States in 1960. Upon moving to America the rebbe continued his works helping the underprivileged and began an international charity organization known as Chesed L'Avraham. The Rebbe authored Noam Eliezer and Kedushas Eliezer, and composed many popular Hasidic tunes. Yisroel Avrohom Portugal (or Israel Abraham Portugal) (born June 2, 1923 – April 1, 2019) son of Rabbi Eliezer Zusia Portugal and his first wife, Sheina Rachel, was the Rebbe (Grand Rabbi) of Skulen in Brooklyn, New York. In his youth, he studied in Vizhnitz under the Vizhnitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Eliezer Hager. Rabbi Portugal lived primarily in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn but spent some time including about half of the Jewish holidays in Williamsburg, Brooklyn where his father lived. He was widely sought after for his blessings and advice. He was known for lacking involvement in bodily pleasures (due to his lack of sleep and eating no more than a meal a day) and for his humble nature. He was also known for his constant battle against practices he does not approve of for Jews, such as possessing a television or a computer with internet service, and even the growing of their hair (except for boys under three and unmarried girls, as in Hasidic tradition). He passed away April 1, 2019 in Johns Hopkins Hospital surrounded by his family. Following his father, he was a habituated composer of Hasidic songs. He always (except on Shabbat and Jewish Holidays) carried with him a small tape recorder to record any new tune that would come to his mind. He has already composed thousands of songs. Most are forgotten after they are recorded, but many of them were sung at his tishen, and a handful of them have become classics in the Hasidic community.