Mr. Shimon Benarroch, a beloved father and grandfather from Los Angeles, CA, passed away on Monday, 12 Nissan, 5786.
Mr. Shimon Benarroch, a beloved father and grandfather from the Chabad community in Los Angeles, CA, passed away on Monday, 12 Nissan, 5786.
He was 92.
Shimon Benarroch was born in 1934 in Tangier, Morocco.
As a young boy he had a deep unwavering longing to learn Torah. In 1948, when rabbis from the Gateshead Yeshiva in England traveled to Morocco seeking young boys dedicated to Torah study, Shimon—just 13 years old—made the firm and courageous decision to leave his family and homeland.
