Monthly Archives: February 2017

Video Link to Ottawa Funeral Service – February 7, 2017

Please click here for link to the video to Rabbi Simes’ funeral service held in Ottawa, February 7, 2017.

Article in Yated Ne’eman about Rabbi Simes, February 17, 2017

Rolling Rabbi By C.B. Weinfeld Yated Ne’eman 21 Shevat 5777 | February 17, 2017 Last Wednesday, 12 Shevat, Klal Yisroel bid farewell to a tayere Yid who served as an example of hope and faith even during the darkest hours of the night. Rabbi Yehuda Simes, who along with his wife Shaindel (nee Vinitsky) was […]

Shaindel Simes speaks to her students

This is a link (click here) to the talk that Mrs. Shaindel Simes gave to her Grade 7/8 students when they attended the shiva of her husband, Rabbi Simes.

CTN Torah Minute by Rabbi Moshe Katz – February 15, 2017

Jewish Inspiration in 60 Seconds or Less, by Rabbi Moshe Katz Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … Unfortunately, I need to share some very sad news. We lost my amazing nephew Rabbi Yehuda Simes. Yehuda passed away last week at the age of 49. (For those who are new to the Torah Minute? […]

Ottawa’s beloved ‘rolling rabbi’ dies at 49 – Canadian Jewish News, February 14, 2017

Please click here for link to article about Rabbi Simes in the Canadian Jewish News, February 14, 2017.

Rabbi Yehuda Simes: Devastating highway crash couldn’t slow Ottawa’s ‘Rolling Rabbi’ – Ottawa Citizen February 14, 2017

Rabbi Yehuda Simes and his wife, Shaindel, are seen in this 2014 portrait. Rabbi Simes, Ottawa’s ‘Rolling Rabbi’, died Feb. 7. He was 49. Please click here for link to article in the Ottawa Citizen, February 14, 2017.  

The Legacy of Rabbi Simes

It is with tremendous sadness that we inform you that our beloved Rabbi Simes passed away the morning of February 7, 2017. Please find below the links to the audio recording of the funeral service that took place the past Tuesday night in Ottawa and the funeral service that took place Wednesday in New York. […]