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Rosh Yeshiva, Pupa, Long Island City, NY
d. 14 Shvat, 5747 (1987)
The yeshiva has since moved to Kiryas Pupa located in Westchester County.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Kiryas Pupa Cemetery
340 Illington Rd.
Ossining (Westchester), NY 10562
(Look for sign on the left side Y.K.Y. Pupa.)

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Rav, Brooklyn, NY
d. 6 Iyar, 1930 (5690)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Union Field Cemetery
8211 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Path X, Row 71)

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Baal Safer Shemiras Shabbos
d. 15 Cheshvan, 1965 (5725)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Location: Needed

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Rav, New York City
d.
The tombstone is cracked and is in great need of repair. According to the Society Plot Map the Rav’s name is listed as Aaron Myers. In addition the plot alongside his, remains empty.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Union Field Cemetery
82-11 Cypress [...]

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Miadziol Illu
d. 5 Av, 1922 (5682)
Rav Gordon, the Chief Rabbi of Rochester accepted Chief Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Josef’s invitation to serve on his Bais Din in New York City. The Rav was also a founding member of the Agudath HaRabonim.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to [...]

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Chief Chaplin, Middle Town Hospital, New Jersey
d. 25 Tamuz, 2000 (5760)
Prior to settling in Lakewood, Rav Dershowitz served as the Chief Rabbi of Newport News, VA as well as various cites across Wisconsin. The Rav was widely known for the many weekly shuirem (lectures) he delivered.
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Rav in New York City
d. 2 Teves, 1936 (5696)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section One
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Corner Lebanon Road and Sinai Avenue Section V:1, along the Union Field Cemetery fence)

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Rav, Beth Medrash HaGadol Vtomchei Torah, Bronx, NY
d. 18 Iyar, 1927 (5687) Lag BaOmer
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
(Section: 1, Block: E, Map/Gate: 57, Line: 13 along the road)

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Baal Shem of America
d. (27) Iyaar, 1876 (5636)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Salem Feilds Cemetery
775 Jamaica Avenue
(Between Chestnut Street & Fresh Pond Road)
Brooklyn, NY 11208
Location: Needed
Photo Credit: Harry Wang

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Rav in New York City
d. 16 Sivan, 1964
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Hebron Cemetery
130-04 Horace Harding Expressway
(Main Street Cemetery in Kew Gardens Hills)
Flushing, NY 11367
(Block 4 Gate 6)

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 Rosh Yeshiva, Shearith Hapletah Sanzs Klausenberg
d. 11 Elul, 1986 (5746)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Beth Moses Cemetery
2030 Wellwood Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735
631-249-2290
Location: Along Jordon Road

Photo Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

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Tartikover Rav
d. 7 Teves, 1985 (5746)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Kiryas Yoel Cemetery
Schunnemunk Road
(Between Berdichev Drive and Seven Springs Road)
Kiryas Joel (Monroe), NY 10951

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Baal Doresh Tov LeAmo
d. 23 Sivan, 1952
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
New Montefiore Cemetery
1180 Wellwood Avenue
West Babylon, NY 11704
(631-249-7000)

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Rosh Hayeshivah, Rabbinical Seminary of America (RSA)
d. 10 Nissan, 2008 (5768)
Rav Henoch Leibowitz, an only child, was born in 1918 in Salcininkai, Lithuania. The Rosh Yeshiva came to America in 1926 when his father Rav Dovid was hired by Mesivta Torah Vodath as a teacher. In 1933, Rav Dovid left Torah Vodath and founded Yeshivas [...]

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Rav in New York City
d. 26 Kislev, 1942
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Zion Cemetery
59-63 54th Avenue
(Off Maurice Avenue)
Maspeth, NY 11378
(Right Section, Path: 44R, Gate: 2, Grave Number: 33)

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Bialystoker Rav
d. 2 Cheshvan, 1907
The Rav wrote many seforim (books).
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Bayside Cemetery
80-35 Pitkin Avenue
Ozone Park, NY 11417
212-874-7005
(Path V corner Path B, Enter at Path A, right on Path V until the end. Path V starts behind the Stich Mausoleum, the [...]

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Moreh Dasrah of Bais Medrash HaGadol of Brownsville
d. 27 Av, 1929 (5689)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Carmel Cemetery Section One
83-45 Cypress Hills Street
Glendale NY 11385
(Section: 1, Block: E, Map: 7, Line: 5, Grave: 20)

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Rav, New York City
d. 5 Teves, 1903 (5664)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Union Field Cemetery
82-11 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Location: Needed, Cemetery Directory: Louis Meisler)

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Moreh Dasrah Congregation Agudas Achim Bnei Yaakov
d. 26 Elul, 1927 (5687)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Acacia cemetery
83-84 Liberty Avenue (Pitkin Avenue)
Ozone Park, NY 11417
(212) 477-2221
(Center right of society plot)

Photo Credit: Asher Lowy

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Rav in Brownsville, New York
26 Nissan, 1913
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Zion Cemetery
59-63 54th Avenue
(Off Maurice Avenue)
Maspeth, NY 11378
(Right Section, Path 28R, Gate 4, Grave: 9, Society: Achim Ahivim)

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Chief Rabbi of Louisville, KY
d. 20 Sivan, 1932
Rav Zarchi was born in Kovno studied in Volozhin, both before and after his marriage. The Rav was ordained by Rav Yitzchok Elchonon Spector, Rav Yitzchok Meir of Slobodka, and Rav Chaim Segal of Yanova. In 1891, he settled in Brownsville, Brooklyn and soon after Des Moines, IA. [...]

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Chief Rabbi of Shavel, Lita (Lithuania)
d. 15 Sivan, 1957 (5717)
Rav Levitan a prominent Moreh Dasrah in the Bronx was also the uncle of Rav Elazar Menachem Man Shach, the late Ponevezher Rosh Yeshiva.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section One
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, [...]

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Puhietze Rebbe
d. 11 Nissan, 1966
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Wellwood Cemetery
Wellwood Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735
(Agudath HaAdmorim Section on South Avenue, towards the back)

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Chief Rabbi of Odessa, Ukraine
d. 27 Tishrei, 1941
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Beth David Cemetery
300 Elmont Road
Elmont, NY 11003
(Section: H9, Corner of Joshua and Franklyn Avenue)

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Chief Rabbi of Los Angeles, California
d. 14 Shevat, 1973
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Home of Peace Memorial Park Cemetery
4334 Whittier Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90023
(323) 261-6135
Anyone with bio info is asked to please send it in.

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Chief Rabbi of Toronto, Canada
d. 19 Nissan, 1994 (5754) Chol Hamoed Pesach
Anyone with information is asked to send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
6033 Bathurst Street
Toronto (North York), ON, Canada
(416) 223-1373

Photo Credit: David Weider, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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Rav in Minneapolis, Minnesota
d. 2 Av, 1960 (5720)
The Rav was the son-in-law of Rav Yitzchok Blazer, more commonly known as Reb Itzele Peterburger.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Minneapolis Jewish Cemetery
7032 Penn Ave. South
Richfield, MN 55423

Photo Credit: Michael Morris

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Chief Rabbi of New Haven, CT
d. 26 Nissan, 1915
Rav Rosen was a founding member of the Agudath Harabonim.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Bnai Israel Cemetery
55 Warner Street,
Hamden, CT 06514
(Row: 11, Grave: 7)
(203-389-2108)
(Part of a larger stone)

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Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon (RIETS)
d. 5 Shevat, 1917
Rav Alperstein was a founding member of the Agudath HaRabonim. His commentary on Talmud Yerushalmi Masechet Bikkuri, was the first safer (book) on Talmud Yerushalmi to be published in the United States.
Full bio to be posted.
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Rav, Chelsea, MA
d. 9 Elul, 1963 (5723)
Anyone with information is asked to send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Everett Jewish Cemeteries
Fuller Street
Everett, MA 02149
(Location: Chevra Tehilim Section)
(617-244-6509)

Photo Credit: David Weider, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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