Overview
- The new fund seeks support for the wife of Rabbi Yaakov Levitan, Adina, and their four children following his death.
- Levitan died from wounds sustained in the Dec. 14 terror attack at Bondi Beach, which occurred on the first night of Chanukah.
- He served as secretary of the Sydney Beth Din and held key administrative responsibilities at the BINA Library and Educational Resource Centre.
- He founded tapNgive, a Sydney initiative providing tap‑and‑pay donation kiosks for charities and nonprofits.
- Originally from Johannesburg, he held a commerce degree from the University of South Africa and studied at the Mayanot Institute in Jerusalem; CrownHeights.info reported he was the second Chabad shliach to succumb to injuries from the attack.