BORUCH DAYAN EMMES: Petira Of Hagon Rav Yitzchok Dov Koppelman ZATZAL At Age 106
(Friday, June 17th, 2011) 
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagon Rav Yitzchok Dov Koppelman ZATZAL, the Zekan Roshei HaYeshivos, (the world’s senior Rosh HaYeshiva) who had been hospitalized for the past few weeks. Rav Koppelman served as the Rosh Yeshiva of Lucerne Yeshiva in Switzerland, and was 106 years old. Levaya details will be published by YWN when they are made available to us.
Rav Koppelman was literally a living testament to a vanished world. It is reliably said that he was born in May 1905, and was is universally known today as the zekan Roshei HaYeshivos.
Rav Koppelman was a leading disciple of his great mentor, Rabbi Shimon Shkop (1860�), the Rosh Yeshiva of Sha’ar HaTorah in Grodno, having learnt under him for 18 years
