YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of HaRav Yitzchok Yaakov Sekula, a maggid shiur and menahel at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in Brooklyn for approximately 50 years. He was 85. Rav Yitzchok Yaakov arrived to the United States with his family after World War II, with his father, HaRav Yerachmiel Yisroel (the Sadova Rav), continuing his rabbinic work in New York City. As a young man, Rav Sekula attended Yeshiva Chasan Sofer on the Lower East Side, later joining Bais Elyon in Monsey where he had several prominent chavrusos, including Rav Moshe Steinwurtzel zt”l, Rav Shmelke Taubenfeld zt”l, and...