It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rabbi Moshe Grylak z”l, editor-in-chief of Mishpacha Magazine and a leader of the teshuvah movement. The long-time respected writer was 87.

Rabbi Grylak was born in Antwerp, Belgium, a son of Rabbi and Mrs. Eliyahu Grylak. He was named Moshe Chaim after the Ramchal.

With the outbreak of World War II, he fled to France with his family, living under Vichy rule in the guise of a gentile. At the age of 6, he fled across the border to Switzerland alone with three other children, and there he grew up with adoptive parents until the end of the war.

Rabbi Grylak spent time serving in the IDF, then as a reserve in the Air Force, fighting in the Yom Kippur War. After that, he was one of the pioneers and leaders of the teshuvah movement.

He began his career in journalism by writing for the Maariv. He later served as one of the founders of the Israel Yated Ne’eman and served as the chief editor of the newspaper for several years.

In the 1990s, he became the editor-in-chief of Mishpacha. Rabbi Grylak also published a number of seforim and books, including some under a pseudonym, Chaim Eliav, and these were translated into several languages.

A few years ago, his wife, Mrs. Sarah Grylak, passed away.

For years, he lived in Tel Aviv. More than thirty years ago, he settled in the Har Nof neighborhood in Yerushalayim.

He leaves behind six children and many grandchildren.

The levayah will be held this evening at the Shamgar funeral home in Yerushalayim, followed by kevurah on Har Hamenuchos.

Yehi zichro boruch.

{Matzav.com Israel}