By COLlive reporter
Rabbi Hillel (Hakohen) Katzman, a longtime resident of Crown Heights, passed away on Tuesday, 12 Adar II, 5779.
He was 86.
Rabbi Katzman was born in Malachovka, Russia, a suburb of Moscow. He became an orphan at a young age, and immigrated to Samarkand along with his brother.
He and his brother were the first Talmidim in the Lubavitch Yeshiva in Samarkand.
He immigrated to the United States in 1952, where he married his wife Mattel (nee Silber), with the Rebbe’s involvement in his Shidduch.
He was known as a very learned man, and a devoted Chosid.
He is survived by his wife, Mattel, and children, Esti Katz – Crown Heights, Pessy Gansburg – S. Paulo, Brazil, Moishe Katzman – Crown Heights, Chani Edelkopf – Crown Heights, Dini Groner – Pomona, NY, Rivky Teichman – Crown Heights and Raizy Cohen – Lakewood, NJ.
The levaya will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, leaving Shomrei Hadas at 12:00 pm and passing by 770 at 1:00 pm.
The family will be sitting Shiva on Motzai Shabbos, Sunday and Monday. Getting up Tuesday.
At 1650 President st #4 F.
Baruch Dayan Ha’emes.
BDE I am so sorry to hear about your loss
May you be comforted
Rifka Hecht (Backman)
I am very, very sorry to hear about the passing of Rabbi Hillel Katzman. I’ve known him for very many long years.
My wife and I both express our sorrow.
Boruch ben Tzvi ( A”H) HaKohaine Hoffinger
my neighbor for many yrs, reb hillel was a fine jew, a wonderful neighbor, and a chossid with a wonderful sense of humor. may the family know only simcha.
Reb HILEL was indeed AN EMESE’R YEREI- SHOMAYIM
Yehi Zichroi Boruch.
The correct expression is “YEREI- SHOMAYIM” (singular)
as we say every day in the parshas hoakeidah :
“YEREI- ELOIKIM ATOH”
(Chirik yud, tzaireh raish,alef).
I had the zechus of sitting next to Reb Hillel in the Kolel Levi Yitzchok. May his memory be blessed.
Baruch Rubinstein
…..about him that he was lucid in the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Oruch. He was truly a Chossid of the Alteh Heim – from the days of “old”….. a lamed vovnik of this generation. We lost a gem – a shining light.
So sorry for your loss. Rabbi Katzman was so beloved and respected by all of us who lived in his daled amos. We miss him already so much.
Besides being a Real Mentch Rabbi Katzman was a Chossid
In the truest sense of the word. The likes of which we won’t be seeing Anymore. From a n era we can now only hope for.
BDhE. Moshiach Now!!!
BDE. I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your husband,father and grandfather and great grandfather. He was real gem. He was a real tzadik. He will be sorely missed. May you all just have a lot of strength
I’m really sorry for your loss!!
Chananya &Chanie Glick
Not a yirei shamayim (plural) nor a yiras shamayim (fem gender) but rather, he was a genuine Yoray Shomayim (male gender). He was a very special person; an exemplary chossid and a truly humble man; A loyal husband and loving father. He came to these shores with his bro Reb Zelig Katzman a”h, as total orphans – no parents nor family except for distant relatives – R’SZ and Bathsheva Gansburg – who were their dedicated, closest and sole family at the initial time of their arrival here. What a loss! R’Hillel will be sorely missed by all who knew him.… Read more »
The world has lost a great man.
May Hashem comfort the families.
A true example of a tomim
A chossid thru and thru
His whole essence is a chossid, a true yirei I shomayim , a chossid with true bittul
A rarity in our times
Humble, unassuming ….. but the real real epitome of a Chabad chossid
May he be a gutter beter for his family and for klal Yisroel
He was a holy man.A yiras shamayim.
A special mold and role model of a true chossid.
He will be sorely missed
BDE. Quiet unassuming Chosid.