The 3 Killed in the Yerushalayim Terror Attack: A Dayan (73), a Menaheles (67), and a Young Married Woman (24)

By Hamodia Staff

Yerushalayim woke up to yet another difficult day on Thursday, with a terror attack near the entrance to the city killing three of the city’s residents.

The niftarim are a Dayan, a Menaheles, and a young married woman, Hy”d.

Harav Elimelech Wasserman, Hy”d

Harav Elimelech Wasserman was born in Kislev 5711/1950 in Haifa. He was a descendant of the Rebbes of Belz and Premishlan, zy”a. He learned at Yeshivas Yachel Yisrael of Seret-Vizhnitz in Haifa.

When he came of age, he married, thbch”l, Mrs. Chaya, the daughter of the noted tzaddik Harav Asher Freund, zt”l. Following his wedding, he learned Choshen Mishpat in Yerushalayim and was subsequently ordained as a Dayan by Harav Yosef Cohen, zt”l, and also by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, some 10 years ago.

At the request of the Belzer Rebbe, shlita, he was appointed as a Dayan in the Beis Din for monetary matters in Yerushalayim.

Rav Wasserman was known for his notable acts of chessed. He was a humble person who shied away from honor, discreetly assisting those in need.

He was chosen to serve as a Dayan in the Rabbinate’s Beis Din in 2015, along with 22 other Dayanim.

His murder is a great tragedy for the world of Dayanus in general, and for the Belz community in particular, alongside the residents of Kiryat Mattersdorf in Yerushalayim, where he resided on Sorotzkin Street, who were deeply shocked by this severe disaster.

On Thursday morning, the Dayan was on his way to the Beis Din in Ashdod, as he did daily, and on his way, he was murdered by the terrorists, al kiddush Hashem.

The levayah was held Thursday afternoon from the residence of his father-in-law, Harav Asher Freund, zt”l, on Don Yosef Hanasi Street, and from there via the Belzer beis medrash Kiryat Belz to Har Hamenuchos, where he was laid to rest next to his father-in-law.

Hashem yinkom damo!

Mrs. Chana Ifargen, Hy”d

The second victim in the heinous attack was Mrs. Chana Ifergan, the Menaheles of the Bnos Hadassah Girls’ School in Beit Shemesh’s Ramah Alef.

She lived in Makor Baruch in Yerushalayim, and was on her way to the school when she was murdered in cold blood by the terrorists.

Mrs. Ifargen was born in Tishrei 5717/1956, to parents who immigrated from Tunisia. Her husband, yblch”t, Rav Shimon Ifergan, is a prominent talmid chacham in Yerushalayim.

Mrs. Ifergan was known as an exceptional educator and served as the principal of Bnos Hadassah school, where she was devoted to the education of Jewish girls.

Her home on Rashi Street in Yerushalayim was always open and welcoming. Until last week, she hosted refugees from the south in Netivot and Ofakim who came to stay with her due to the ongoing conflict.

She leaves behind her husband and only daughter, the wife of Rav David ben Shimon, a close confidant of the Nasi of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, Hagaon Harav Shalom Cohen, zt”l.

Hashem yinkom damah!

Mrs. Livia Dickman, Hy”d

The third victim in the attack is Mrs. Livia Dickman, from the Har Nof neighborhood in Yerushalayim.

Mrs. Dickman was born in Yerushalayim in Av 5759/1999, to, lhbch”l, Harav Yehuda Steinhaus and Mrs. Michal, nee Katz.

Just last year, she married her husband, yblch”t, Reb Meir Dickman, an avreich in the Mir Yeshivah. The young couple lived in the Har Nof neighborhood.

Her levayah was held Thursday afternoon from her parents’ home on Zerach Barnett Street in Har Nof, and from there to Har Hamenuchos.

Hashem yinkom damah!