Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Kazen, Director of Chabad Lubavitch in Cyberspace and considered by many the pioneer of Jewish education on the internet.
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Rabbi Kazen helped me out a great deal during when I was beginning to get involved with Judaism, answering my many questions on the internet, promptly and with legitimate concern. I now have the priviledge to daven with his parents from time to time in Cleveland on Shabbos. May he and his family remain a blessing to Klal Yisrael.
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Always grateful to Rabbi Yosef Y. Kazen for his Internet work!!! It is a continued sorce of inspiration. May his memory be a Blessing.
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Thanks be to Hashem for giving us Rabb Kazen, he has helped us to gain a better understanding of Life... Danke Rebbe, you are an inspiration to all. I pray that we fufill all that the Rebbe set out to do...
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Rabbi Kazen is surely looking down and smiling, seeing his efforts bear fruit in the shape of today's Chabad.org network
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To Rochel Rabbi and Rebbetzin Zalman and the families heartfelt condolence. In the merit of the Rebbe and of Rabbi Kazen may we continue to learn via the internet...
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I mourn the passing of Rabbi Kazen, a light has gone out but not without passing it on to others. Our world is better because of his work. He was a light unto our nation and our feet can walk in Derech Hashem following in his magnificent footsteps. May we take refuge in knowing that Hashem has taken back, near, very near the Sechina a great soul.
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While a young and foolish student @ the University of Delaware, I got caught up with a group of missionaries. For months I grappled with my religion and teetered on the verge of leaving the faith that I was raised in. Rabbi Kazen reached out to me. Always quick and timely to answer an email, in an age where the Internet was rising. Thank G-d for this man, for I would have been dead! It was G-d's will that I met Rabbi Kazen one weekend in Crown Heights. He came up to me! He had recognized me from a picture of me on my web page. This is the kind of guy he was.
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It would be inspiring for women to hear from the Rebbitzen and/or the children talk about their father and their role in helping their father with his activities.
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Shalom!
The few times I contacted Rabbi Kazen, z"l, it was always encouraging. I appreciated very much his commitment to use every technological opportunity for the sake of Honouring G-D. It was an honour to dialogue with him.
He was a pioneer in the Internet.
May the Blessings of the Heavens be upon his beloved family.
uvrakha!
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Through Cyberspace he made Teshuvah a reality and possibility for multitudes. I hope he has a special seat in the Cosmos.
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We had the honor to having being touched by his sister, Ester Alpern, of blessed memory. We learnt from her and loved her... always will. She was very proud of his work.
Hoping that soon we will meet these great special people again, with the coming of Mosiach, very soon!
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Rabbi Kazen let me in on my heritage - he helped me start to fill in the gaps my bubby couldn't about what it means to be a Jewish man. He encouraged me when I knew nothing and shared my excitement in learning, despite how extraordinarily busy he was at that time. I actually met him at 770 once and he remembered who I was - one Jew out of so many people he touched.
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i'm just now reading about this dedicated man. i use chabad.org every day. i'm so grateful to him. i hope his family is doing ok today.
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Rest In Peace.
so young, what a loss.
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Having just now written to Ask a Rabbi, being able to read about chabad.org's founder caught my attention. I was shocked to learn of this young man's death. Thank G-d not only had he such opportunity to be charismatic, but his legacy is thank G-d his children and his courageous wife who - I hope - looks foward to all good for herself as 'mom', a pillar of strength for her children. I know the home of the deceased from 1981. Thank you, G-d, for your mercy for the lives of such grandparents, being guiding lights and lamp-lighters for each one of us fortunate to come to appreciate their greatness.
Please forward this posting to the family if you can.
This minute I am getting up to give 12 pennies - covering the span of ages of the children to the Meir Baal HaNess pushka. Just as the Tzadik helps me find my temporarily-lost items around the house, he will intercede to return to us our souls lost in death.
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May his memory be for good in all of Israel.
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He is an inspiration to me with my outreach work
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