Prominent Satmar Rabbi Chaim Shalom Klein Dies at 90

The Satmar Hasidic community in Israel and the city of Bnei Brak are mourning the passing of Rabbi Chaim Shalom Klein, a distinguished and elderly rabbi of the Satmar community in Bnei Brak, who died at the age of 90. He passed away at Shiba Hospital in Tel Hashomer.

Rabbi Klein, born in Timișoara, Romania, in 1936 to Rabbi Israel Klein, a Sighet Hasid, and Liba, immigrated to Israel with his family after surviving the war in Europe. He studied at the Lublin Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, becoming a devoted student of Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wozner, the author of 'Shevet Halevi'.

Even as a groom, Rabbi Klein was appointed a lecturer at the Satmar Yeshiva in Bnei Brak in its first year. For decades, he educated numerous scholars, rabbis, and judges for the Satmar community in New York and Israel. He also delivered regular lectures at the Great Synagogue in the Satmar neighborhood of Bnei Brak, where he was considered one of the community's elders.

During his youth, he was associated with Rabbi Aaron of Belz and engaged in extensive study sessions with Rabbi Chazon Ish. Rabbi Klein was deeply devoted to the Satmar Rebbes, particularly Rabbi Yoel of Satmar and Rabbi Moshe of Satmar, and held a close relationship with the current Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Aaron of Satmar.

He is survived by many children and grandchildren who follow the path of Torah and Hasidism. The funeral procession was scheduled to depart Monday night from the Great Synagogue of Kehal Yetev Lev Satmar in Bnei Brak, proceeding to the Poniewicz cemetery for burial.