It is with great joy that Matzav.com takes this opportunity to wish mazel tov to Reb Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz, one of our generation’s most noted philanthropists, askanim and baalei tzedakah, upon the engagement of his daughter, Chana, last night in New York.

The chosson, Naftali Schuss of Far Rockaway, NY, is the son of Rabbi and Mrs. Yaakov Shluss. Naftali learns in Yeshiva Darchei Torah, and is a close talmid to Rabbi Yaakov Bender, the Rosh Yeshiva.

Reb Shlomo Yehuda, father of the kallah, serves as chairman of the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation, among his many other positions of leadership. Over the last decade, he has made historic financial contributions to such well-known institutions as Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim, Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, the Kamenitzer Yeshiva in Yerushalayim, Torah Umesorah, various yeshivos in Lakewood, NJ, and other mosdos across the globe.

Reb Shlomo Yehudah has spent years in the healthcare and medical supply industry, using his hatzlacha to better the Torah world, both in his local Los Angeles community and beyond.

Reb Shlomo Yehudah’s wife, Tamar, is a daughter of Rav Chaim Yisroel Belsky zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, posek of the Kashrus Division of the Orthodox Union, and one of the gedolei haposkim in North America.

Reb Shlomo Yehuda is a son of Rabbi and Mrs. Yaakov Rechnitz.

Reb Shlomo Yehuda is world renowned for his devotion to causes of Torah and chesed. He has raised the bar in giving and caring about yeshivos, kollelim, and mosdos of every type and stripe. He has publicly adopted many causes as his own and has privately helped thousands of people. Dozens line up seeking aid, and he does his best to offer assistance to every person who reaches out to him

Matzav.com wishes Reb Shlomo Yehuda and his wife continued success in all their endeavors and much Yiddishe nachas from the chosson and kallah and the rest of their family.

{Gavriel Sitrit-Matzav.com Newscenter}