From Kfar Chabad comes the sad news of the passing of Rabbi Asher Kadosh, the rabbi of the synagogue for Moroccan immigrants in Kfar Chabad, and a dedicated educator who served for years as a Talmud Torah teacher in Kfar Chabad
Baruch Dayan the truth: From Kfar Chabad comes the sad news of the passing of the late Rabbi Asher Kadosh, the collector of the synagogue for Moroccan immigrants in Kfar Chabad, and a dedicated educator who served for years as a Talmud Torah teacher in Kfar Chabad.
R. Asher immigrated to Israel alone at a young age from Casablanca, Morocco, and after arriving at the ‘Youth Aliyah’ immigrant residence in Jerusalem, he went to study at the agricultural school of the craft school in Kfar Chabad along with other immigrants.
During his service in the IDF, he volunteered in the Armored Corps, and fought in the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War under the command of Arik Sharon, the division commander. In the breaks between battles, he would place tefillin with the soldiers who fought by his side.
After his marriage, he served for years as a Talmud Torah teacher in Kfar Chabad. Every year he would take his students to the scene of the attack and reenact the events for them.
In 1977 he was among the survivors of the horrific massacre that took place at the craft school in Kfar Chabad.
At the time of the attack, Rabbi Asher was standing and praying “Shomona Tesha” next to the Eastern Wall and a small bump in the wall prevented the bullets from hitting him. The guide Simcha Zilberström was standing next to him, was hit by the shot and collapsed on top of him. Moments later, Balta looked for his brother Meir, then noticed that his hearing was damaged by the whistling of the bullets.
Because he was the oldest student in the group, Rabbi Yeshaya Goffin, the director of the carpentry school, asked him to take the healthy students out the window and hide in his room inside them. Along with him he also carried two mortally wounded, Avraham Albert Edri and Moshe Peretz who later died of their wounds. When they entered the room, they blocked the entrance with beds and cabinets for fear of the terrorists, and tried to silence the wounded who were moaning in pain. Even when the security forces arrived, they were afraid to go out, and only when they heard one of the students calling their name did they clear the entrance.
Every year he would take his students to the scene of the attack and recount the events to them.
He fought in the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War, and in the lulls between the battles he would place tefillin with the soldiers who fought by his side.
In 2007, he went to the Rebbe of Chabad Z’Zal to distribute a cup of blessing and received a bottle of ‘mishka’ for the benefit of the synagogue community.
We will continue to update you on the date of his funeral in ‘Ba Haderi Haredim’.
May his soul be bundled in the bundle of life.