Prominent Rabbi's Mother Dies at 90
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Rabbi Shoshana Cohen, mother of several prominent rabbis, passed away Friday at the age of 90. Her life was dedicated to family and acts of kindness. She was the wife of the late Rabbi Eliezer Cohen, who served as cantor and gabbai for nearly 70 years. Funeral and mourning details are yet to be announced.
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- Rabbi Shoshana Cohen, mother of prominent rabbis, died at age 90.
- Her son Rabbi Zamir Cohen chairs the Hidabroot organization.
- She was the wife of the late Rabbi Eliezer Cohen, who served nearly 70 years as cantor.
- Her sons include the Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Yafo and heads of several yeshivas.
- Her life was dedicated to family, kindness, and modesty.
Rabbi Shoshana Cohen, mother of prominent rabbis including Rabbi Zamir Cohen, chairman of the Hidabroot organization, passed away Friday morning at the age of 90. Her life was dedicated to family, acts of kindness, and modesty. She leaves behind a large and well-known family within the Religious Zionist and Haredi communities.
Rabbi Cohen was the wife of the late Rabbi Eliezer Cohen, who passed away two years ago at 93. He served for nearly 70 years as the gabbai and cantor of the Musayoff synagogue in Jerusalem, and was also a Torah disseminator and judge at the Great Rabbinical Court.
Among her sons are Rabbi Cohen, the Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Yafo; Rabbi Zamir Cohen, head of the "Avnei Nezer" Yeshiva and chairman of the Hidabroot organization; Rabbi Avichai Cohen, a Rosh Mesivta at the "Heichal Meir" Yeshiva; and Rabbi Zohar Cohen, Rosh Yeshiva of "Ateret Reuven" in Beitar Illit. The details of the funeral and mourning period have not yet been determined and will be announced later by the family.
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