Sudden Petirah of Reb Shlomo Moshe Pinkasowitz, z"l, Longtime Williamsburg Resident

Wliamsburg is mourning the sudden petirah of Reb Shlomo Moshe Pinkasowitz, z"l, a longtime Williamsburg resident and a respected mispallel at the Vizhnitz beis medrash on Lee Avenue. He was niftar suddenly on Shabbos at the age of 75.

Reb Shlomo Moshe lived in Williamsburg for many years before moving to Monsey about three years ago. He was one of the important mispallelim at the Vizhnitz beis medrash on Lee Avenue, where he davened and joined the tish by the Rebbe shlita.

This Shabbos he was back in Williamsburg for a family simcha. He stayed at the tish on leil Shabbos until the end. On Shabbos, moments after getting up, he suddenly collapsed and was niftar.

He was a son of Reb Pinchas a"h, one of the elder chassidim of Vizhnitz, a son-in-law of Reb Moshe Nechemya Shtroibl of Sanz-Klausenburg, and a brother of Kaser Village Mayor Eli Pinkasowitz.

The levaya was held in Williamsburg on Motzaei Shabbos. A levaya also took place in Monsey on Sunday at 1:30 PM.

Yehi zichro boruch.