Rav Avrohom Gurewitz ZTL R"Y Ner Moshe

Petirah of Rav Avrohom Gurwitz zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Moshe in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Yerushalayim. He was 87. Matzav reports Rav Gurewitz moved to the United States as a young child from Yerushalayim ,He learned at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin under Rav Yitzchok Hutner zt”l, and later at the Ponovezh Yeshiva under Rav Elazar Menachem Man Shach zt”l.

After his marriage, he returned to Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin, joining the Kollel Gur Aryeh. He subsequently served as a R”M at Yeshivas Itri under rav Elefant ztl and went on to establish Yeshivas Mishkan HaTorah and, later, Yeshivas Ner Moshe in 1984, where he inspired and molded generations of talmidim with his ahavas haTorah, yiras Shamayim, and unwavering dedication to harbatzas haTorah.

For decades, Rav Gurwitz was completely devoted to the yeshiva and its bochurim, Together with his fellow roshei yeshiva, Rav Sholom Schechter shlita and later Rav Yankel Lieberman shlita , Rav Gurwitz helped shape generations of bnei Torah, imbuing them with a love for Torah and a strong sense of yiras Shomayim. Levaya was held today in Yerushalayim with kevura at Har Hazeisim