Author Archives: yoniisaacson

Your father, Yoni, was my GURU from the age of 13 throughout my growing up years – the years of searching for the meaning of life and one’s identity. He opened my mind and eyes. It was truly painful when he had to leave South Africa on an exit visa.The years passed, I married andContinue reading “Tribute: Esther Tolkien Kfar haRoeh/Israel”

On behalf of our chairman, Batya Shmukler, the Executive Council members and staff of Telfed, I would like to let you know that our hearts are with you on the passing of your beloved father, Rabbi Ben Isaacson.We send you condolences and sincere sympathy. We know that his memory will be a blessing to allContinue reading “Tribute: Rabbi Dorron Kline C.E.O. Telfed /Israel”

Rabbi Isaacson senior, as he was known during my years in Hirsch Lyons, didn’t preach us Torah. He shared with us a personality that was created by a faithfulness and connection to what is real. A self, which was formed by a richness of experience. A portal into what it means to live a lifeContinue reading “Tribute: Gavi Jankolowitz Ramat Gan/ Israel”

R Isaacson z”l was a truly rare individual – the level of intellectual honesty he had was just incredible. Many people know what is right, but few were comparable to him in his passionate drive to discover what is correct and then the total commitment to live his life according to his discovered truths, noContinue reading “Tribute: Rabbi Danny Saksenberg Johanesburg/South-Africa”

Hi everyone. Wishing the family much comfort during this difficult time. Chanuka is the time of shining the light and specifically the light the Jewish people have lived by since they became a nation. The light of the holy Torah- Ner mitzvah vetorah ohr . I met Rabbi Isaacson senior a couple times but onContinue reading “Tribute: Yariv Kohaly Johannesburg/South-Africa”

In my experience, Rabbi Ben Zion was a very incisive analyst of general and particularly Jewish trends. He was a courageous and outspoken critic of what he saw as immoral social behavior, regardless of the social standing of the incumbent. Such people are sorely missed in the strange and amoral world we find ourselves inContinue reading “Tribute: Adrian Chiger Johannesburg/South-Africa”

A message from haGaon our teacher Rav Dov Tanzer שליט”א Dear Ilana, Tamara, Rabbi Yoni and Ariel. Hamakom yenachem eschem… May Hashem grant you strength and comfort on the very sad passing of your Dad – one of my fathers Telze colleagues and a dear friend of Dads for so many decades. He was aContinue reading “Tribute: Rabbi Dov Tanzer Senior poseik and Rosh Yeshiva Johannesburg/South-Africa”

Tonight we buried a great man, in my opinion one of gedolay hador. He had four biological children but many more considered him as their adopted dad. He was a man that would take you into his home and help you no matter what. He had an amazing heart that never stopped loving and givingContinue reading “Tribute: Na’ama Ben-Meir Modi’in/Israel”

I worked for the most amazing person not only was he my boss but he was like a father to me. I will surely miss him may his dear soul rest in peace. I will always love him.

I was deeply impacted by the passion with which Rav Ben would sing particularly on Purim night at the R’Y Rabbi and Rebitzin Goldfein’s home. His passion brought every song he sang to life and every word was clearly sung from the heart .