Posted on 08/26/25
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 26, 2025 – BJL is saddened to share the petirah of the holy Admor of Kretchnif-Sighet, HaRav Zeida Eliezer Zev Rosenbaum, zy”a, who was niftar this morning at the age of 75.
Last Friday, the Rebbe suddenly collapsed in his Beis Medrash on Rappaport Street in the Beis Yisroel neighborhood of Yerushalayim. He was immediately taken to Shaarei Tzedek Hospital, where doctors determined he had suffered a massive stroke.
Thousands of Yidden around the world davened for his refuah, but sadly, the Rebbe was niftar.
Following the petirah of his father, Reb Hershele, zt”l, he became Rebbe of Kretchnif-Sighet. He established a beis medrash in Williamsburg in 2009, later expanding his mosdos to Yerushalayim and Beit Shemesh.
In 2016, he returned to Yerushalayim, founding his Beis Medrash in Beis Yisroel. In 2018, he established Nachlas Tzvi, a kollel for horaah named after his father, and initiated the Amud HaYomi learning program.