<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">ברוך דיין האמת</div><div dir="auto">Such sad news</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">RRW</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Danny Levy via Mesorah <mesorah@lists.aishdas.org> </div><div>Date: 1/4/24 14:17 (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: mesorah@lists.aishdas.org </div><div>Subject: [Mesorah] RSM </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="rtl"><div dir="ltr">Looking at the link referenced by R' Michael in his post earlier today, I was saddened to learn that Rabbi Seth Mandel, former very active member of this group, left our chabura for a better world some months ago.</div><div dir="ltr">While no doubt many of the US-based (and former US-based) members knew of his passing, as no mention was made on Mesorah, I and probably others too were unaware of it. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Until I read R' Micha's appreciation of him at <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/05/24/rsm/">https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/05/24/rsm/</a> just now, I knew him only from his posts here. </div><div dir="ltr">Although his knowledge was in a different league to that of most of us, he was always eager to teach us, and would respond patiently and in detail to almost any question, without a trace of self-esteem and often with humor (especially in his exchanges with RDB - how is he BTW?).</div><div dir="ltr">The Mesorah group will be poorer without him.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Danny Levy </div></div>
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