In tribute to Rav Gershon Neumann ztz”l
His talmidim weren’t the only ones who came out on the fifth morning of Chanukah to pay their final respects. Aside from being a rosh yeshivah, Rav Gershon had also served as a rav and a much revered posek. He was beloved by anyone he interacted with, and the broader Union community attended the levayah as well.
They came to pay tribute to the man who loved them far more than they deemed themselves worthy.
“The world stands on Torah, avodah, and gemilus chasadim,” a talmid shares, “but with Rav Gershon, his Torah and avodah was chesed.”
Born in 1947, from a young age Gershon Neumann stood out in the Viener Yeshivah in Williamsburg for his remarkable diligence and keen intelligence. Upon graduating high school, he wished to enroll in the Philadelphia yeshivah and was granted a farher. Rav Gershon would always fondly recall how Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky shlita walked him all the way to the train station upon the farher’s conclusion. It was a sign of affection but also of recognition. The Rosh Yeshivah saw that this young bochur was destined for greatness.
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