Rabbi Yitzchak Fishman died at age 95, leaving behind a legacy the article describes as one of Torah, kindness, humility, and meticulous observance. He was born in Austria in 1931 to Rabbi Azriel Shlomo Fishman and came to Mandatory Palestine with his family around age 10, just before World War II, escaping the dangers of Nazi Europe.
After arriving in Jerusalem, the family settled in the historic Batei Ungarin neighborhood. Fishman studied at the Dushinsky yeshiva in Jerusalem, where he learned from his teachers, and later married the daughter of Rabbi Yedidya Lok. The marriage ceremony was officiated by Rabbi Yisrael Yeshayahu Moshe Aryeh Leibush Dushinsky, the Rebbe of Dushinsky and chief rabbi of the Edah HaHareidis.
Following his marriage, he moved to Petah Tikva and became a well-known and much-loved local figure. He worked for 46 years in the city’s chevra kadisha, accompanying thousands of deceased people with care and strict attention to burial customs and ritual purification. After retiring, he devoted himself fully to Torah study, spending the last 30 years of his life learning throughout the day and rising before dawn to attend the regular netz prayer in Petah Tikva.
He is survived by children, grandchildren, and descendants who continue in the path of Torah and Hasidic life. The funeral left the Shamgar funeral home in Jerusalem on Tuesday evening and proceeded to Har HaMenuchot, where he was buried in the Perushim section. The family is sitting shiva at his home on Shimon Ben Shetach Street 48 in Elad.
