TRAGEDY: Manchester Yungerman Killed In Paragliding Accident In The Swiss Alps – The Yeshiva World

TRAGEDY: Manchester Yungerman Killed In Paragliding Accident In The Swiss Alps

Yisroel Avrohom ben Moshe Rabinowitz z”l, a yungerman from Manchester, UK, was tragically found deceased after a devastating paragliding accident in the Swiss Alps. He was in his mid-20s.

Swiss authorities at first only recovered the parachute Avromi z”l was using, with search-and-rescue teams, including Zurich Hatzolah resources, later locating him.

Avromi got married less than two years ago to his wife, Devori (Issler), with whom he had a son who is now 8 months old.

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes.

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

14 Responses

  1. TehillimForAll says: August 23, 2023 12:22 pm 12:22 pm at 12:22 pm

    Say Tehillim in the Public Tehillim Group for Yisroel Avrohom Moshe Ben Rivka Leah:

    https://www.tehillimforall.com/groups/group/?id=y318&utm_source=link

  2. lakewoodbt says: August 23, 2023 12:39 pm 12:39 pm at 12:39 pm

    remember the 2 special needs boys missing last week, they were found just daven and dont intefere with the professionals on site

  3. on the ball says: August 23, 2023 12:54 pm 12:54 pm at 12:54 pm

    BDE

  4. Yiddish says: August 23, 2023 1:30 pm 1:30 pm at 1:30 pm

    Grandson of the biala rebbe

  5. SayIDidIt? says: August 23, 2023 1:35 pm 1:35 pm at 1:35 pm

    To YWN: How dare you make such a post even before a body was found? This is disgusting. You’re a disgrace of a news organization. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

    Moderators Note: Not a clue what you are talking about. This was published at 1:27PM, well after the family was notified. You are looking at a time stamp from the original article, which was a Tehillim request. Sometimes it pays to be Dan Lekaf Zechus.

  6. Yussel says: August 23, 2023 2:12 pm 2:12 pm at 2:12 pm

    I know it sounds insensitive but perhaps a yungerman with a wife and an 8 month old son should not be doing something quite so dangerous?

  7. sechel hayoshor says: August 23, 2023 2:24 pm 2:24 pm at 2:24 pm

    I?m just trying to understand why people do such dangerous sports. This person, unfortunately left behind a wife and child. Hashem should help her be strong!!!

  8. BaltimoreMaven says: August 23, 2023 3:21 pm 3:21 pm at 3:21 pm

    So sad. His father is also the son in law of the Kopishinitz Yerushalayim Rebbe

  9. Menachem Shmei says: August 23, 2023 4:12 pm 4:12 pm at 4:12 pm

    Terrible, BDE

    P.S. To those saying that it’s a dangerous sport:
    Where do you get that from?
    The death rate is 1 in 11,000.
    Death in car accidents is 1 in 10,000

  10. TGIShabbos says: August 23, 2023 4:42 pm 4:42 pm at 4:42 pm

    There are some activities I?ll avoid in Olam HaZeh. 1. Skydiving 2. Scuba diving 3. Paragliding 4. Going in a submarine. 5. Climbing Mount Everest to name a few?.

  11. SQUARE_ROOT says: August 23, 2023 4:57 pm 4:57 pm at 4:57 pm

    Rabbi Eliyahu Tobal and Rabbi Ezra Zafrani said:

    ?One must also refrain from participating in dangerous activities.

    It is advisable to consult a halachic authority before
    engaging in recreational skydiving, bungee jumping or the like.?

    SOURCE: Top 10 Most Overlooked Jewish Laws When
    Travelling to Israel, Community Magazine, October 2006

  12. Gadolhadorah says: August 23, 2023 5:53 pm 5:53 pm at 5:53 pm

    “I know it sounds insensitive but perhaps a yungerman with a wife and an 8 month old son should not be doing something quite so dangerous?”

    He was niftar doing something that he wanted to do and if you accept hashgacha paratis, perhaps this deemed to happen. Compared with other activities such as driving an ATV, water-skiing or horseback riding, paragliding actually has a lower fatality rate.

  13. shmuli123 says: August 23, 2023 6:29 pm 6:29 pm at 6:29 pm

    he was the most amazing sweet and kind natured person soft and sensitive helpful with ideas caring and loving
    He was a responder in chavirim Manchester team going out of his way to help others
    We are all shattered with this devastating news
    May his ???? have an ????

  14. Rif says: August 23, 2023 7:02 pm 7:02 pm at 7:02 pm

    His sister is getting married next week in Yerushalayim

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