- Q. Kvod Rabbenu Shlit’a. If someone that has yohrzait for his father donated the kiddush of this Shabbos morning as he usually does every year, however, this year after the petirah (death) this week of HaTzadik HaGaon HaRav Dovid Shalom Tzadka, Z’tl, some mispalelim of the shul want to donate and participate in a larger kiddush also in his name. Is that permitted?
A. indeed, HaTzadik HaGaon HaRav Dovid Shalom Tzadka, Z’tl, was the Rav of the city of Pardas Channa-Karkur, the son of Rosh Yeshivas Porat Yosef, HaGaon HaRav Yehudah Tzadka, ztl. And had many followers. passed away at the age of 88 after years of being ill.
The niftar was the second son born to his Gadol father in the Beis Yisrael neighborhood of Yerushalayim of old. As a bochur, he learned in Porat Yosef and was one of the close talmidim of the Rosh Yeshivah, HaGaon HaRav Ezra Attiya, H’yd. After his marriage, he lived in Yerushalayim until he was called to serve as the Rav of the Jewish kehilla in Argentina.
In 1970, he was appointed as the Sephardi Rav of Pardes Channa, originally serving along with the Ashkenazi Rav, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Yaakov Levin, z’tl. Since the petirah of Harav Levin in 1991, he served as the sole Rav of the city. Due to his Latin-American background, I had the privilege of having some relationship with him.
Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a opinion is that when all agree, the kidush could be done for both.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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