Posted on 01/28/26
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 28, 2026:
“Eshes Chayil – Mi Yimtza”
With broken and anguished hearts, we announce the passing, B’sayva Tova, of our beloved mother and grandmother, who established generations of upright and blessed descendants.
For more than sixty years, until an advanced age, she taught Jewish children and educated them in Torah and fear of Heaven at the Talmudical Academy of Baltimore, with devotion and great love—for her family and for her students.
She devoted herself to the Torah of her husband, our father of blessed memory, and to his students, particularly during the years he served as a Rebbe at Yeshivas Ner Yisrael in Baltimore, in the early period of Torah’s flourishing in America.
Her fine character traits were renowned and praiseworthy. She greeted everyone warmly and accepted all events of her life with faith and joy, cleaving to Hashem through her heartfelt prayers.
Mrs. Dubby (Dubba) Liff, A”H
מרת דאבא ליף ע"ה
Daughter of Reb Yisrael Drebin, zt”l
Wife and devoted partner to our father, Hagaon Rabbi Abba Yaakov Liff, zt”l
The aron will arrive on Thursday, 11 Shevat (January 29, 2026), on El Al flight LY002 from New York (JFK), with an estimated landing time of 10:05 AM.
The levayah will take place, iy'H, on Thursday at Eretz HaChaim Cemetery, Beit Shemesh, at approximately 12:00 PM.
The Avelim:
The Liff and Ryback families
Shivah, through Wednesday, Feb. 4, will be observed at:
13 Mishkelov St., Apartment 16, 6th Floor
Har Nof, Jerusalem
Rabbi Eliezer Liff and Rabbi Yehoshua Liff will be sitting here
Shacharit: 7:30 AM
Minchah: 20 minutes before sunset
Ma’ariv: 20 minutes after Shkiah
Nichum Aveilim hours:
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
4:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Additional Shivah Information:
Rav Yechiel Liff will be returning to his home at 769 East 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY, and will sit shivah from Sunday afternoon through Wednesday morning at his home.
Phone: 718-930-3228
Mrs. Devorah Ryback will be returning tentatively to Baltimore and will start shivah late Sunday afternoon (please call to ascertain time). Rabbi Chaim Liff will be sitting there on Sunday before returning to Milwaukee.
Monday and Tuesday, Devorah will sit shivah at her home:
6317 Green Meadow Parkway
Shivah times:
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Mrs. Devorah Ryback phone: 410-419-6640
Rav Chaim Liff will be returning to Milwaukee and will be sitting from Monday afternoon until Wednesday morning.
Address: 3223 N. 51th Blvd., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Phone: 414-403-3999