Editing Yehuda Kalman Marlow (section)

== His Passing ==
After Tishrei 5760, the Rabbi felt strange fatigue. Initially, he thought it was accumulated tiredness, but after several weeks he realized it was something much more serious. He went for medical tests, where it was discovered that he had a cancerous tumor spreading near his brain. A surgery date was immediately set to remove the tumor.
[[File:כיתת הרב מארלאו.jpg|thumb|Rabbi Marlow in a group photo with his students from Class 5 of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in the year 5730 (1970)]]
The surgery was scheduled for 7 Kislev. The night before surgery, the Rabbi was hospitalized for medical monitoring. He used that night to study the Turei Zahav on the laws of Chanukah in depth. He was so immersed in his studies that he didn't even notice his son-in-law Rabbi Schechter entering and leaving the room every half hour.
[[File:הרב מארלאו בביקור במפעל למוצר חלב.jpg|thumb|Rabbi Marlow visiting a dairy products factory. Standing from right to left: Rabbi Chanina Sperlin, Rabbi Berel Levartov, Rabbi and Mara D'Asra '''Yehuda Kalman Marlow''', Rabbi Yosef Bruck, Rabbi Michael Chazzan, and Rabbi Yeshaya Baumgarten.]]
After the first surgery, when he returned to the hospital, he wrote a letter to the Rebbe and inserted it into the Igrot Kodesh. In his letter, the Rabbi asked for a blessing that he would not become a burden on his family members during his illness.
[[File:הרב מארלאו בתמונה עם ילד, רגעים לפני ברית המילה ה-9,200 שערך ארגון פרי.jpg|thumb|Rabbi Yehuda Kalman Marlow in a photo with a child, moments before the 9,200th bris milah organized by the Friends of East European Refugees Organization.]]
Indeed, his condition began to stabilize. Two months later, the illness attacked him again, this time much more severely, and he became bedridden. His last public appearance was on the eve of 10 Shevat 5760 (at an event celebrating fifty years of the Rebbe's leadership at 'Ohalei Torah' hall, where he gave an especially long speech of about forty-five minutes). After 10 Shevat, he could no longer leave his home, and the Temimim (yeshiva students) would organize minyanim in his house. From then on, the Rabbi's condition did not improve, and for eight months he suffered prolonged afflictions. The name 'Chaim' was added to his name.

In the final months of his illness, the Anash community worldwide, especially the Crown Heights Anash community, increased their prayers for his recovery, and following the suggestion of Beis Din member Rabbi [[avrohom osdoba]], they added study of the laws of Shabbat in his merit.

On Thursday night, 20 Sivan 5760, he went to the hospital for medical treatment. During treatment, a few minutes after midnight on Friday morning, the Rabbi suffered a heart attack from which he did not recover.