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Breslover Mashpia (Leader)
d. mid-1950′s
The Rav who arrived here from Ukrainian, c.1900 was considered the first Breslover Mashpia on these shores. The Rav who had known Rebbe  Avraham b. Rebbe Nachman Chazan of Tulchin (1849-1917) author of Biur HaLikutim was an accomplished scholar and dedicated chossid.
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Chief Rabbi, Chicago, IL
d. 19 Sivan, 1908 (5668)
The Rav was born in Germany, presumably in Philippsburg and came to Chicago c.1884.
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Directions to kever:
Waldheim Cemetery
1400 Des Plaines Avenue
Forest Park, IL 60130
T: 708-366-4541
Location: Gate: 25 – Anshe Knesses Israel
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Rav, Brooklyn, NY
d. 21 Sivan, 1935 (5695)
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Directions to kever:
Baron Hirsh Cemetery
1126 Richmond Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10314
(718) 698-0162
Note: Cemetery access is available 24 hours a day.
Location: Along First Street, between Avenue A and C
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Rav, Brooklyn, NY
d. 11 Adar I, 1932 (5692)
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Directions to kever:
Baron Hirsh Cemetery
1126 Richmond Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10314
(718) 698-0162
Note: Cemetery access is available 24 hours a day.
Location: Along First Street, between Avenue C and A
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Rav, Brooklyn, NY
d. 2 Tammuz, 1942 (5702)
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Directions to kever:
Baron Hirsh Cemetery
1126 Richmond Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10314
(718) 698-0162
Note: Cemetery access is available 24 hours a day.
Location: Along First Street, between Avenue C and A
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Rav, Beth Shalom, Chicago, IL
d. 27 Teves, 1956 (5716)
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Directions to kever:
Waldheim Cemetery
1400 Des Plaines Avenue
Forest Park, IL 60130
T: 708-366-4541
Location: Needed
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Rosh Yeshiva, Beis Medrash Latorah, Chicago, IL
d. 8 Cheshvan, 1944 (5705)
Full bio by Rabbi Berel Wine to be posted
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Directions to kever:
Waldheim Cemetery
1400 Des Plaines Avenue
Forest Park, IL 60130
T: 708-366-4541
Location: Needed
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Rabbi, Kehillat Yaakov, Chicago, IL
d. 12 Teves, 1934 (5695)
Rav Shach was born in Khvidan near Kovno and was a member of the famed Kovno Kollel under Rav Yitzchak Elchanan Spector. In 1907, the Rav arrived in Chicago where he was appointed rabbi in the Drohitchin synagogue and later the Kehillat Yaakov synagogue. In Chicago he earned a reputation of having sharp understanding and expertise in Talmud and enjoyed a good relationship with the community.
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Directions to kever:
Waldheim Cemetery
1400 Des Plaines Avenue
Forest Park, IL 60130
708-366-4541
Location: Gate 48 – Drohitchin (Kehilath Jacob)
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Rabbi, Detroit, MI
d. 12 Sivan, 1962 (5722)
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Directions to kever:
Hebrew Memorial Park
21503 14 Mile Road (and Gratiot Avenue)
Clinton Twp., MI 48035
T: (248) 543-1622
Location: Needed
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Rabbi, Baltimore, MD
d. 14 Teves, 1964 (5725)
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Directions to kever:
B’nai Israel Cemetery
3701 Southern Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21214
Contact person: Neil Noble – 410-736-9245
Location: Needed
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Rav, Brooklyn, NY
d.
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Directions to tombstone:
Needed
Location:
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Rav, Toronto, Canada
d. 7 Tishrei, 1974 (5735)
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Directions to tombstone:
Lambton Mills Cemetery
1293 Royal York Road
Etobicoke, ON M9A 5E6 Canada
Location: Shaarei Tefillah – Ostrovitzer Synagogue Section
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Tzaddik Nistar of New York City
d. 22 Nissan, 1928 (5688) Acharon Shel Pesach
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Directions to tombstone:
Mount Judah Cemetery
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
Location: Along Machpela Avenue, behind the Alperstein ohel, near the fence
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Rav, New York City
d. 17 Nissan, 1982 (5742)
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Directions to tombstone:
Beth Moses Cemetery
Wellwood Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735
Location: Needed
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Rav, Pupa, Hungary
d. 9 Shvat, 5756 (1996)
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Directions to tombstone:
Kiryas Pupa Cemetery
340 Illington Rd.
Ossining (Westchester), NY 10562
Location: Needed
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Rosh Yeshivah, Yeshivas Karlin-Stolin, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
d. 22 Nissan, 1960 (5720) Acharon Shel Pesach
The Rav was born in Kobrin and studied under Rav Pesach Pruskin by whom he was ordained. He later studied in the Mirrer Yeshiva and escaped along with them to Shanghai, China via Kobe, Japan. In America the Rav was among the founders of Bais HaTalmud in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Among his writings, Arzei Betzalel and Kuntreis Reshimoswere published postmortem.
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Directions to tombstone:
Washington Cemetery (Floral Park)
104 Deans Rhode Hall Rd
Monmouth Junction (Deans), NJ 08852
Location: Stoliner Section
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Rabbi, Rochester, New York
d.
That Rav, a student of the Chafetz Chaim arrived here in 1924 from Bialystok  Poland. Also A student of Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael better known as Slabodk as well, he was ordained by Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein. On these shores the Rav was an active member of the , Ezras Torah organization.
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Directions to tombstone:
Location: Needed
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Rav, Brooklyn, New York
d. 26 Adar I, 1951 (5711)
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Directions to tombstone:
Wellwood Cemetery
Wellwood Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735
T: (631) 249 – 2300
Location: Needed
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Baal Kerem Tzvi
d. 1 Nissan, 1935 (5695) Rosh Codesh
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Directions to tombstone:
United Hebrew Cemetery
122 Arthur Kill Road
Staten Island, NY 10306
Location: Society: Cong Khal Chasidm, Block: 106, behind the Rebbe
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Chief Chabad Rabbi, Montreal, Canada
d. 1 Shevat, 1955 (5715) Rosh Chodesh
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Directions to gravesite:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
Location: Block: 94, Row: 5L, Grave: 26, along the right-hand side of the Rebbe’s ohel.
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Director, Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim, Lubavitch
d. 6 Adar I, 1989 (5749)
Rav Gurary was the son-in-law of Rebbe Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (1880- 1950), the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, known as the Rebbe Rayatz.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to gravesite:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
Location: Block: 94, Row: 5L, Grave: 26, along the right-hand side of the Rebbe’s ohel.
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Chief Chabad Rabbi, Shanghai, China
d. 26 Av, 1954 (5714)
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Directions to gravsite:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
Location: Block: 94, Row: 5, Grave: 14L, along the right-hand side of the Rebbe’s ohel.
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Rav, Old Broadway Synagogue, New York City
d. 19 Shvat, 2007 (5767)
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Direction to gravesite:
New Montefiore Cemetery
1180 Wellwood Avenue
West Babylon, NY 11704
T: (631-249-7000)
Location: Block: 14, Row: 12R, Grave: 4R, Society: Cong Beth Hasidim Sfath Emeth
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Rav, Brooklyn, New York
d. 19 Sivan, 1951 (5711)
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Directions to kever:
Wellwood Cemetery
Wellwood Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735
T: 631 – 249 – 2300
Location: Needed
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Rav, Lithuania
c. 188o – 1910, passed on 10 Shevat
The Rav who changed his name from Katzenellenbogen to Levinstein upon arrival to these shores. The Rav’s children remained in Europe keeping there original surname.
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Directions to kever:
Unknown
Location: Needed
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Rav, First Jewish Congregation Beth Israel, Memphis, TN
d. 29 Av, 1866 (5626)
The Rav was born in Posen and studied at the Yeshiva in Munster, Germany. He was ordained by the great Rabbonim of Posen and Rav Nosson Marcus Adler (d. 1890), Chief-Rabbi of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.  Soon after arriving in New York the Rav was appointed as Hebrew Reader (equivalent of  Chief Rabbi) of the First Jewish Congregation Beth Israel in Brooklyn, NY. He later served in Memphis, TN where he was interred.
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Directions to kever:
Baron Hirsch Congregation Cemetery
400 South Yates
Memphis, TN 38120
T: 901- 683-7485
Location: Section: 53, Row: Z, Plot: 3, old section of cemetery
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Biala Rebbe
d. 1 Elul, 1938 (5698) Rosh Chodesh
The Rebbe a direct descendant of Rebbe Berish of Biala authored  Shemesh Umugain on Torah. The book was published post-mortem by his son, the late Biala Rebbe of Tell Aviv, Israel.
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Directions to kever:
Mount Lebanon Cemetery
7800 Myrtle Ave
Glendale, NY 11385
Location: Block: Park Block, Path:11-19, Gate: 16, Row 5, Grave 4, off Bethel Avenue to the right side
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Rav, Chevra Sefard Anshei Poland
d. 13 Nissan, 1939 (5699)
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Directions to kever:
Mount Lebanon Cemetery
7800 Myrtle Avenue
Glendale, NY 11385
Location: Block: Park Block, Path:11-19, Gate: 16, Row 7, Grave 1, off Bethel Avenue
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Rav, Congregation Bnai Yisroel, Brooklyn, NY
d. 21 Sivan, 1932 (5692)
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Directions to kever:
Old Mount Carmel Cemetery
83-45 Cypress Hills Street
Glendale, NY 11385
T: (718) 366-5900
Location: Section: 1, Block: R, Grave: 4, Path: PL6, along Machpela Avenue
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Rav, New York City
d. 7 Cheshvan, 1926 (5687)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Mount Carmel Cemetery
83-45 Cypress Hills Street
Glendale, NY 11385
T: (718) 366-5900
Location:  Needed
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