Pessy Matusof, a longtime Chabad-Lubavitch emissary who as director of the Jewish girls high school in Casablanca influenced the educational and spiritual development of thousands of Moroccans, passed away Oct. 11 at the age of 86.
Mohamed Karmoune, the Moroccan consul in New York, called the Matusof family who are sitting Shiva for their mother, who passed away early last week at the age of 86.
In this exclusive excerpt from Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie's upcoming new book, the author recalls his meeing with Pessia Matusof (nee Karasik), one of the pioneering Shluchos who passed away last week.
In a visit with the family of the late Rabbi Shlomo Matusof, the Moroccan consul in New York praised him and Chabad-Lubavitch for building a network of schools in the North African country.