BD”E: Rebbitzen Hana Kaminsky A"H

We regret to inform you of the passing of Rebbitzen Hana Kaminsky, a”h.

Mrs. Kaminsky was the wife of Harav Hershel Kaminsky, shlita, who is the maggid shiur of the Mirrer Yeshiva in Flatbush, where Mrs. Kaminsky’s father hagoan Harav Shmuel Berenbaum, zt”l, was the rosh yeshiva.  

Mrs. Kaminsky’s father, harav Berenbaum, was born in Knyszyn, Poland, and studied in the original Mir Yeshiva in Mir, which is now in Belarus. To survive during World War II, Harav Berenbaum and the buchurs of the Mir Yeshiva, traveled to Vilna, the Caribbean, to Kobe, Japan, and then to Shanghai, China. After settling in Flatbush, Berenbaum married eldest daughter of the Mir Rosh Yeshiva, who was Rabbi Avrahan Kalmanowitz, zt”l.

 In 1962, when Rabbi Kalmanowitz, zt”l, passed away, Rav Berenbaum, zt”l, and his brother-in-law, Rabbi Shraga Moshe Kalmanowitz, were named roshei yeshiva of the Mir.

 Mrs. Kaminsky’s levayah took place today at Shomrei Hadas, at 14th Ave. and 37th St. in Boro Park, and her kevurah will take place in Eretz Yisroel.