Abba of Meron

Harav Ben Tzion Coopertstock, zt’l, known as the “Abba of Meron” for his constant and continuous chessed throughout the year, day and night, to the kever of the Rashbi and other sites and providing hundreds of thousands of mispallelim at Meron with food and drink was Israel’s 46th victim of the coronavirus. Harav Ben Tzion, 63, a resident of Jerusalem and the head of the organization “Hilula D’Rashbi, was brought to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem when he collapsed and he subsequently tested positive for the coronavirus. His condition quickly deteriorated and he passed away overnight Motzei Shabbos.