News from Mayanei HaYeshuah Hospital announced the death of Rabbi Bezalel Dim, a well-known grammer and comic performer and one of the leading Satmar Hasidim in Bnei Brak. He died at 74 after a serious illness. Widely admired in the Hasidic world, he spent more than 30 years bringing joy at events, especially sheva brachos gatherings.
Dim was born in the United States, raised in the Monkatsh Hasidic tradition, and was the son of Rabbi Meir Dim. He began performing in America and soon received invitations to entertain at celebrations. Over the years, he became one of the most famous and beloved figures in Hasidic wedding and banquet entertainment.
His humor was known for combining Torah learning, Midrash, and Talmudic references with jokes, witty rhymes, and stories of righteous leaders. Those who heard him said he could quickly move from solemnity to laughter, but before rabbis and rebbes he showed special reverence and chose his material carefully. Much of his style, sources say, was inspired by Rabbi Chaim Mendel Marmelstein of the United States, a celebrated earlier-generation comedian.
Dim remained closely attached to the Satmar court and donated all the tables and chairs for Satmar yeshivas in Bnei Brak. In his final week, several rebbes and rabbis visited him in the hospital, including Rabbi Shimon Zev Meislish of the Yismach Moshe synagogue in Kiryat Joel, the son-in-law of the Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum.
