was married to Shaindel (née Braunstein) and they had 15 children together. His son, Yisroel Blumenkrantz is the rabbi of Bais Medrash Ateres Yisroel, the synagogue his father founded in Far Rockaway. Death and burial Blumenkrantz died in New York on February 22, 2007, of heart complications. He was flown to Israel for burial in the Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery in Jerusalem. Sources Gershon Tannenbaum, Rabbi Avrohom Blumenkrantz zt”l (1944-2007) Kashrus Champion, The Jewish Press, February 28, 2007 Yair Hoffman, Obituary of Rabbi Avrohom Blumenkrantz, Five Towns Jewish Times, March 1, 2007 T. Silber, Remembering Harav Avraham Blumenkrantz zt"l: A Renowned Rav, Posek, and Mentor, Hamodia (New York), February 28, 2007 1944 births 2007 deaths American Haredi rabbis Orthodox rabbis from New York City Writers from Queens, New York Colombian emigrants to the United States Deaths from diabetes Burials at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives People from Far Rockaway, Queens 20th-century American rabbis 21st-century American Jews