The Breslov Chassidut is enveloped in mourning with the bitter news of the passing of the influential figure, the one who brings hearts closer and revives souls, Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kanpalmacher zt"l, who ascended to the heavenly yeshiva.

Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev was born in 1951 in Denmark to his father Rabbi Yitzchak Kanpalmacher zt"l. In his childhood and youth, he grew up in the institutions of Vizhnitz. After his marriage, he began to draw close to the light of lights, the Rebbe Nachman of Breslov zy"a. Once the spark was ignited, it became a flame that illuminated the entire world.
For many years, he would pray regularly every morning at sunrise and was diligent in his studies. In 1999, he was called to the flag by our teacher Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a to establish the 'Shaarei Torah' yeshiva in the Shuvu Banim community. This endeavor changed his life: from a simple and unknown Breslover, he became a spiritual guide and teacher, strengthening the young men of the community. Hundreds of young men passed under his guidance, and all remember him with longing.
Rabbi Binyamin would take his students to the fields for Hitbodedut and would teach them new songs and melodies that bring the heart closer to their Father in Heaven.
Besides being a craftsman of the souls of the young men, Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev was skilled in woodwork and had the merit to build the wooden ark above the holy site in the city of longing, Uman. He also built the prayer stand for our teacher Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a in the Old City. Rabbi Binyamin had the merit to bring tens of thousands to the holy site of our holy Rebbe, and as a Breslov chassid, he devoted himself to fulfilling his Rebbe's mitzvah, to gather every year at the holy site on Rosh Hashanah. In his later years, when he was already ill and weakened, this became a true act of self-sacrifice for him, yet despite everything, he refused to forgo the holy gathering.
Over fifteen years ago, during the Kiddush on Friday night, Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev collapsed and nearly reached the gates of death, as the doctors had already given up. Our teacher Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a arrived at the hospital and for a full hour recited the Tikkun HaKlali. Finally, the Rabbi declared, "On my shoulder, within twenty-four hours he will rise!" Against all the doctors' predictions and like a true resurrection of the dead, his words were fulfilled, and exactly twenty-four hours later, Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev rose from his sickbed.

Yesterday, Wednesday, the 20th of Kislev, at twilight, the neshamah of Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev ben Yitzchak zt"l ascended in a heavenly storm, and he was seventy-five years old.
Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev had the merit to leave behind a holy seed, sons, sons-in-law, grandchildren, and many descendants.
In his will, he left a wondrous instruction that illustrates the greatness of Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev and how he was particularly connected to the wayward youth, and this is part of the text of his will:

I wanted to write to you something, and you may not understand at all why this is my desire, and at an opportunity, I will explain to you very well.
A. My bed at the funeral should be carried specifically by the wayward youth, and they are preferable over all the fine people (the beautiful people).
B. Also, my grave, although among Shabbat observers, it is preferable to be near the wayward youth or the simple people, truly simple.
And the reason is that in Heaven, they are considered very important, much more than mere chassidim and those who wear fine garments.
And at an opportunity, I will explain to you why.

May his neshamah be bound in the bond of life