Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss - Death

Death

Rabbi Weiss died aged 88 in 1989 of a heart attack, at Bikur Cholim hospital. An estimated 30,000 people turned out for his funeral. He was survived by a son, Berish, of Manchester.

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