Mourning in Desh: remover of evil eye was found dead in London hotel

Tragedy in London: it has been released for publication that the avrech who was found dead this evening (Sunday), in a hotel in London, is Harav Hatzaddik R' Ephraim Yechezkel Panet zt"l of Bnei-Brak.

He was found at the Kadima Hotel in Stamford Hill, London. His brother, the Rebbe of Desh-Ramot was with him and called the rescue forces.

A week ago, the rabbi came from Antwerp to participate in the simcha of the Bar Mitzvah of the son of the benefactor R' Shayaleh Berkowitz, whom he was close to.

The deceased suffered from heart failure and underwent heart surgery two years ago. Today he passed away suddenly after a cardiac arrest. He was 49 years old.

The deceased zt"l was born in Jerusalem on 9th Tishrei 5727 (1966), to his father, Rabbi Dov Berish Rebbe Panet of Desh Jerusalem and Rabbi of Kiryat Eliezer in Haifa, and his mother, the Rebbetzin – daughter of Hagaon Rabbi Moshe Natan Neta Lemberger, Av Beis Din Makawa, the Ateres Moshe zt"l.

He was the son in law of Rabbi Yehudah Yaakov zt"l - Rabbi of Ramat Eliyahu neighborhood in Rishon Lezion. The deceased was famous for removing the evil eye, was a man overflowing with the joy of life and well-liked. Throughout his life he sought to benefit others. He was one of the rabbis of the Beis Midrash Babov-45, on Nahum Street in Bnei Brak.

He is survived by a dor yeshorim- his son Rabbi Moshe Natan Neta - married to the daughter of the Rebbe of Shatz Ashdod, his sister Rebbetzin Hager - wife of Hatzaddik Rabbi Yitzhak Shaya Hager - son of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe.

Details of the funeral - to be announced separately.

May his soul be bound in the bond of life.

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!