With shock and sadness we report the very sudden passing of Mrs. Sophia Kogan, ob"m, Shlucha of the Rebbe in Moscow, and wife of - yibodel l'chaim tovim-  Rabbi Yitzchok Kogan also known as the Tzaddik from Leningrad.  Rabbi Kogan is  a Shliach of the Rebbe and the Rov of the Bolshaya Bronnaya  Shul in Moscow.

Mrs. Kogan is survived by - yibodlu l'chaim- her mother, husband, sons and daughters, grandchildren and great granchildren.

The Jewish kehilla in Moscow is in shock after learning of her sudden passing.  Mrs, Kogan was the mother figure for an untold number of Jewish women and girls for decades, and they consulted her in all matters of their lives, including Halachic issues.  She worked untirelessly to establish the Mikveh to insure the upkeep and continuity of the purity of Jewish families in the city.

Shturem will update the details of the levaye and shiva as they become known.

HaMokom Yenachem eschen bsoch shear aveilei Tzion v'Yerushalayim.  V'heikitzu v'ranenu shochnei ofor, v'hee besochom, miyad mamosh.

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