Gerer Rebbe, shlit”a, Sends Delegation to Comfort Boro Park Family who Lost son in Meron Tragedy

As boropark24 has reported, the tragedy of Meron hit close to home—right in the heart of Boro Park—as the recently-engaged Pinchos Menachem Knoblovitz, z”l, was sadly among the victims in Meron. “Aside from his ehrlichkeit and other qualities, Pinchos Menachem was filled with life… and always had a group of chevra around him,” recalled a pained acquaintance.

His family has had to face the incomprehensible, shocking change from joy for an upcoming wedding… to the unimaginable news of their beloved son’s ascension to the yeshiva shel ma’alah, along with 44 other pure neshamos.

The Knoblovitz family are ardent Gerer chassidim, and thus, on Wednesday morning, Rav Shloime Tzvi Alter, the son and special emissary of the Gerer Rebbe, shlit”a, arrived in America especially to deliver words of comfort to the family. He was joined by a son in law of the Gerer Rebbe, Rav Shimon Rothstein, who learned in yeshiva together with the father of the niftar, Reb Duvid Knoblovitz, sheyichye.

The two had been scheduled to arrive after Shabbos, but especially moved up their visit, so they could bring some measure of comfort to the family.

The delegation spent close to two hours in the home, almost an eternity by Gerer standards, and they related the incredibly deep pain that was felt by the Gerer Rebbe in the aftermath of the tragedy. “There Rebbe was beside himself, and rarely spoke the entire Shabbos, except to say: ‘What can I possibly say, my heart hurts.’” 

The air in the room was thick as Reb Duvid opened the envelope with a letter from the Rebbe, who had also phoned the day before, in which he writes: “May the great Healer of all broken hearts heal your suffering, and strengthen you. May He grant you only good for all of your days, and may all the dinim turn to compassion. May your son be a meilitz yosher for you, and petition On High for your good.”