By Mimi Rohr

The community of Baltimore shared our family’s shock at the sudden passing of our father, Reb Yaakov Shlomo Weinberg, z”l, on the 19th of Av, 5773. Many people contacted us in the weeks after the petira to let us know how inspired and uplifted they felt during the shiva, where they heard of our father’s allencompassing ahavas haTorah (love of Torah), his intense yiras Shamayim (fear of Heaven), and his deep love for other Yidden. We, his family, knew all of this to be true, yet it was camouflaged by his laid-back, friendly nature, his jokes and stories