NEW YORK (VINnews) — R’ Avrohom Moshe Rabinowitz, a young charedi man from Manchester, England, was killed on Wednesday in a paragliding accident in the Swiss Alps.
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Rabinowitz, 30, was married and father to a son who was born just a few months ago. He was the grandson of the Lugano Biala Rebbe, Rabbi Bezalel Simcha Rabinowicz, who is the senior rabbi of the European Board of Torah Scholars. His sister is scheduled to be married next week in Jerusalem. This is unfortunately not the first time the family has known tragedy- when R’ Avrohom Moshe’s brother was six years old, he died of an asthma attack.
Rabinowitz was in Switzerland for a family vacation and went missing. Swiss authorities found his parachute and Hatzalah Switzerland assisted in the searches for him. His body was later located.
R’ Avrohom Moshe was born in Israel to Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Dov Rabinowitz, the Biala rosh yeshiva. His mother Rivka is the daughter of the Kapitchnitzer Rebbe. He studied at the Kamenetz yeshiva in Jerusalem and later established his home in England, marrying the daughter of Rabbi Yehuda Issler of Manchester.
May his memory be blessed.
Par-gliding, para-sailing, hang gliding, and other such sports are absolute violations of the Torah, to preserve yourself from danger. They are not for any constructive purpose, only to have fun, and put a person in a situation of danger beyond the person’s control.
What is with this last name style of writing, you fist call him R’Avrohom Moshe and then call him by his last name, disrespectful.
BDE
very sorry to hear
BD”E, yehei zichroi baruch !!!