Rav Yehuda Aryeh Taub zt”l

Rav Yehuda Aryeh Taub zt”l

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the sudden passing of Rav Yehuda Aryeh “Yidel” Taub zt”l, the longtime baal koreh of the Gerrer beis medrash in Yerushalayim. Rav Taub collapsed inside the main beis medrash on Rechov Yirmiyahu and, despite prolonged resuscitation efforts, was pronounced dead. He was 76. Rav Taub was widely known as one of the senior figures of the Rav Meir Baal Haness–Kollel Poland charity organization and as the author of the Otzar HaHalachos series of Torah works. Magen David Adom and Tzevet Hatzalah emergency personnel were dispatched to the Great Gerrer beis medrash after reports of a man who had suddenly collapsed. Tzevet Hatzalah paramedic Naftali Sofer and EMTs Pinny Weiss and Nachman Philip described the scene: “When we arrived, we were directed into the bais medrash, where we found a 77-year-old man unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing, after worshippers told us he had suddenly collapsed. Together with additional MDA paramedics and medics, we performed advanced resuscitation efforts, including chest compressions, artificial respiration and electric shocks. Sadly, despite prolonged attempts to save his life, MDA paramedics were forced to pronounce him dead at the scene.” Rav Taub was renowned as a distinguished talmid chochom and beloved maggid shiur. For nearly 25 years, he delivered the daily Daf Yomi shiur in the Gerrer beis medrash. More than three decades ago, at the request of the Gerrer Rebbe, the Pnei Menachem zt”l, he assumed a leadership role in Kollel Poland, helping oversee its operations and activities. He was the son-in-law of Rav Chaim Moshe Knopf z”l, longtime manager of the Hamodia newspaper. Following his father-in-law’s passing, Rav Taub succeeded him as the baal koreh of the Gerrer beis medrash, a position he faithfully filled on Shabbos and Yom Tov for approximately two decades. Rav Taub also became connected through marriage to the family of the Pnei Menachem zt”l. Several of his sons serve as marbitzei Torah and community leaders within the Gerrer chassidic court. His passing leaves a tremendous void in the Gerrer community and among the many thousands who benefited from his Torah scholarship, public Torah reading, and decades of dedicated communal service. Yehi zichro boruch. {Matzav.com}