Rabbi Shalom Mordechai Reinitz was born on November 25, 1954, in Brooklyn to Rabbi Yosef Shlomo and Malka Faiga, Holocaust survivors who immigrated to the United States. In 1962, the family, including seven children, made aliyah and were among the pioneers who settled in Kiryat Sanz, Netanya, founded by the Klausenberger Rebbe.
Shalom Mordechai studied at the Kiryat Sanz Yeshiva. His exceptional memory and deep understanding of Torah enabled him to record the shiurim and drashot of the Rebbe. After marrying Malka Chaya, the couple lived in Rehovot for two years before returning to Kiryat Sanz, where he served for 17 years as a teacher at the Sanz Yeshiva for Exceptional Students.
In 1998, he became the Spiritual Head of the Sanz Darchei Avot Talmud Torah, guiding some 600 pupils. Rabbi Reinitz and his wife were blessed with 12 children.
On August 19, 2003, Rabbi Reinitz and his 9-year-old son, Yissachar Dov, were tragically killed in a suicide bombing while returning from the Kotel on bus #2. They were laid to rest side-by-side in the Netanya Cemetery.
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