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Catalin Barbulescu, Thoracic Surgeon

19Apr

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Catalin Barbulescu, Thoracic Surgeon

Catalin Barbulescu – a Thoracic Surgeon at Spitalul Universitar de Urgenta Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania – passed away on 18 April, 2020, due to COVID-19. Catalin Barbulescu was 65 years old. “Our colleague Dr. Catalin Barbulescu passed away last night. Our thought is to follow this good man permanently from now on. The Emergency University Hospital suffers today the first loss in this fight with the times”, the hospital announced on its Facebook page of the medical unit. Source: Media Fax Please help us in adding details.

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Leib Groner, theologist

8Apr

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Leib Groner, theologist

Yehuda Leib "Leibel" Groner ‑ a Hasidic Jewish teacher, scholar, and author – died on April 7, 2020 from Covid-19. He had served as the personal secretary to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, for 44 years. His parents were Rabbi Mordechai Avrohom Yeshaya Groner and Menucha Rochel Groner. Groner studied at the Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where he excelled as a student. Groner is a co-author, with Volf Greenglass of Montreal, of Sefer HaMinhagim, the authoritative book describing Chabad-Lubavitch customs. He was also an editor of Otzar HaChasidim, the editorial group that publishes works on Chabad Chassidut. He also taught at Beis Rivka in Crown Heights, a school for girls who are part of t...

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