Yeshiva World
Body of Naftoli Smolyansky Found
September 1, 2008

3:12PM EST: Credible sources tell YWN that the missing body of
39-year-old Naftoli Smolyansky Z”L, who went missing while on a
boating trip in Lake Piru, California has just been found.

Naftoli was in a boat on the lake with his 9-year-old son and his two
daughters, ages 5 and 7 last Monday afternoon, when his youngest
daughter fell overboard. He jumped in to save her, and managed to push
his daughter back into the boat, but he R”L went under and did not
resurface.

Hundreds of people joined the massive search by air, land, and on the
lake - and a few moments ago was B”H found.

The Levaya details will be posted as soon as they are made available
to us.

Sources told YWN that approximately 5:00AM on Monday morning, a group
of 10 Rabbonim gathered on a boat on the lake, and performed a Segula
in the hope of finding the body of Naftali Z”L. Apparently, a flat
bread was baked in his Zechus, and the bread was set afloat on the
lake with a lit candle on it.

Certain Tehillim and other Tefillos were then said until the bread
stopped moving. At that precise location a stone was dropped into the
water, and shortly later the body rose to the surface.