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Family Re-releases Emotional Shabbat Song in Memory of Teen Victim of U.S. Mikveh Tragedy
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First reported by Kikar HaShabbat · 21 hours ago
What happened
Yosef Yehoshua Friedman, a 17-year-old yeshiva student who died in a mikveh electrocution accident in the U.S., is commemorated on his first yahrzeit with a new recording of his favorite Shabbat song performed by his father and a singer.
- 01Yosef Yehoshua Friedman died at 17 from electrocution in a mikveh accident during a yeshiva summer camp.
- 02He was a student at Nitra Yeshiva in Monsey and son of U.S. producer Rabbi Eliezer Friedman.
- 03A new recording of his favorite Shabbat song "Menucha V'Simcha" was released on his first yahrzeit.
- 04The song features an emotional performance by his father and singer Meilech Braunstein.
- 05The community is urged to perform good deeds in his memory to honor his legacy.
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