We are saddened to report on the passing of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Abitbul OBM, a member of the Tzfat Chabad Community, a Sofer Stam and a mashgiach in the Yeshiva Gedolah of Tzfat. He passed away in the afternoon of Shabbos Bereishis. He went to Shul as usual, but then experiencing strong pain in the afternoon, and suddenly passed away after having medical complications. He was 65 years old.