Early American Rabbanim
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Rabbi Yeshayahu Glazer
Rabbi Yeshayahu (Simon) Glazer ישׁעיהו בּן ר׳ אברהם אליהו 1878-1938 Editor’s Note: I have grown to have a special connection to Rav Glazer, ztzl. His life, which I only found out about when I was researching Rabbanim that served in my hometown of Seattle, is the reason this site was started and, as of Feb…
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Rabbi Binyamin Fleischer
Rabbi Binyamin Fleischer בּנימין בּינישׁ בּן יעקב שׁלמה הכּהן 1885-1952 Rabbi Binyamin Beinush HaKohen Fleischer, Chief Rabbi of Paterson and Bayonne, New Jersey, was born to his father Rabbi Yaakov Shlomo on 21 Sivan 5645 [June 4, 1885] in the forest of Zezmer in the Vilna district. He studied under the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Charif,…
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Rabbi Avraham Nachman Schwartz
Rabbi Avraham Nachman Schwartz אברהם נחמן ב”ר חיים 1871-1936 Yahrzeit: Shevat 23 5697 Rabbi Avraham Nachman Schwartz (1871–1937) was a prominent Lithuanian-American rabbinic leader who left an indelible mark on the spiritual landscape of Baltimore. Born on August 7, 1871, in Shidlove (also cited as Lenz), Lithuania, he immersed himself in the prestigious yeshivas of…
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Rabbi Shimon Yitzchak haLevi Finkelstein
Rabbi Shimon Yehuda HaLevi Finkelstein שמעון יצחק ב”ר יהודה צבי הלוי 1861-1947 Yahrzeit: Nissan 26 5707 Rav Finkelstein was born in 1861. His father was Harav Yehuda Tzvi HaLevi of Slabodka. Blessed with a keen mind, Reb Shimon learned in the yehivos of Kovno and Slabodka until the age of 16, after which he learned…
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Rabbi Avraham Dov Goldenson
Rabbi Abraham Dov(Ber) Goldenson אברהם דוב ב”ר מנחם מענדל 1870-1931 Yahrzeit: Shevat 20 5691 Born in Slabodka in 1870, Rabbi Goldenson was educated in the Yeshiva ion Slabodka. He was ordained by Rav Yitzchak Elchanon. For 10 years he was the Rav of the city of Lenevab near Kovno. In 1909 he came to America…
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Rabbi Gedalya Halpern
Rabbi Gedalya Halpern גדליהו ב”ר יחיאל 1864-1927 Yahrzeit: Iyyar 6 5687 Rabbi Gedaliah was born in the town of Kozlovshchina near Slonim to his father, the Gaon Rabbi Yechiel, who was famous for [his] Torah and his fear [of Heaven], and was the son of the righteous Rabbi Isser Charif of Lida, a descendant of…
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Rav Shlomo Zlatalov
Rav Shlomo Zlatalov שלומה ב”ר מנחם מענדל Yahrzeit: Adar II 18 5692 Rabbinic Positions Held: South Bend, Indiana Schenechtady, New York Rav Zlatalov’s Sefer Zichron Menachem זכרון מנחם
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Rav Yisroel Shimon Feldhorn
Rav Yisroel Shimon Feldhorn ישראל שמעון ב”ר יוסף הלוי 1882 or 1884 -1960 Yahrzeit: Shevat 1 5720 Rosh Chodesh Rav Feldhorn’s Seforim Yesodei HaMiddos יסודי המדות HaShabbos v’HaAretz השבת והארץ Rabbinic Positions Held: Wilmington, Delaware
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