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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.
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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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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.
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Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section One
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, [...]

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Chief Rabbi of Odessa, Ukraine
d. 27 Tishrei, 1941
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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 Toronto, Canada
d. 19 Nissan, 1994 (5754) Chol Hamoed Pesach
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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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Chief Rabbi of New Haven, CT
d. 26 Nissan, 1915
Rav Rosen was a founding member of the Agudath Harabonim.
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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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Chief Rabbi of Szeged, Hungary
d. 1 Teves, 1991
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Directions to kever:
Beth David Cemetery
300 Elmont Road
Elmont, NY 11003
(Congregation Beth Medrash HaGadol of East New York section)

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Chief Rabbi of Fall River, Massachusetts
d. 17 Iyar, 1943
Rav Lipschitz a member of the Agudath Harabonim served as Chief Rabbi in Fall River for close to 40 years.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Notre Dame Cemetery
(Stafford Road Cemetery Section)
1540 Stafford Road
Fall River, MA 02721
(508) 673-1561

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Chief Rabbi, Hunyad, Romania
d. 3 Iyar, 1994 (5754)
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Directions to kever:
Beth Moses Cemetery
Wellwood Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735
(Alongside the Krasner ohel)

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Chief Rabbi of Portland, Maine
d. 2 Sivan, 1927
The Rav authored Nachal Avroham which includes a collection of droshos (lectures) he deliverer in Portland. In 1898 the Rav moved to Boston, MA where he remained until in passing.
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Directions to kever:
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Chief Rabbi New Brunswick, NJ
d. 20 Cheshvan, 1933 (5694)
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Directions to kever:
Lodi, NJ

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Chief Rabbi of Cincinnati, OH
d. 10 Tishrei, 1924 (Yom Kippur)
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Directions to kever:
Schachnus (Beth Tefyla # 6) Cemetery
Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati Association
1711 Sunset Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45238
(513) 961-0178
(Surrounded by a large white stone fence)

Photo credit Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati

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Moreh Dasrah Congregation Bnai Yaakov Providence, R.I.
d. 18 Elul, 1936 (5696)
Rav Schechter was the Chief Rabbi of Houston, Texas prior to arrival in Providence.
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Directions to kever:
Lincoln Park Cemetery
Chesed Shel Emes Association
1469 Post Road
Warwick, RI 02888
(Section: Sons of Zion – 2G, corner [...]

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Chief Rabbi of Yugoslavia
d. 29 Kislev, 1978
The Rav was appointed to the Yugoslavian Senate by King Alexander of Yugoslavia.
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Directions to kever:
Beth David Cemetery
300 Elmont Road
Elmont, NY 11003

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Chief Rabbi of Grand Forks, North Dakota
d. 15 Tishrei, 1934
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Directions to kever:
Montefiore Cemetery
N Columbia Road and Gateway Drive
Grand Forks, ND 58203

Photo Credit: Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein

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Chief Rabbi of Paterson, New Jersey
d. 11 Teves, 1953
The Rav also served as the Chief Rabbi of Bayonne, New Jersey.
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

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Chief Rabbi of Fall River, Massachusetts
d. 25 Nissan, 1989
Rav Lipschitz a member of the Agudath Harabonim served as Chief Rabbi of Fall River and Lynn, Massachusetts for many years.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Notre Dame Cemetery
(Stafford Road Cemetery Section)
1540 Stafford Road
Fall River, MA 02721
(508) 673-1561

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Chief Rabbi of Tokaj, Hungary
d. 5 Elul, 2008 (5768)
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Directions to kever:
Vizhnitzer Cemetery in Monsey, NY
RT. 306 (at the intersection of Brick Church Rd)
Spring Valley, NY 10977
(Right side of the cemetery, along the Rt. 306 wall)

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Chief Rabbi of Trenton, NJ
d. 10 Sivan, 1939 (5699)
The Rav who came to the United States in 1889 was a founding member of the Agudas Harabonim. After Trenton, he served in Providence, RI for close to 50 years.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Lincoln Park [...]

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Chief Rabbi of Memphis, Tennessee
d. 11 Nissan, 1951
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
(Far right corner of the cemetery at Madison and Benjamin Avenue, behind the ohel of the Chernobyler Rebbe)

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Chief Rabbi of Sorvosh
d. 19 Cheshvan, 1984
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Washington Cemetery (Floral Park)
104 Deans Rhode Hall Rd
Monmouth Junction (Deans), NJ 08852
(Satmar Section, next to the ohel of Rav Yechezkel Mertz)

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Chief Rabbi Haverhill, MA
d. 16 Elul, 1931
The Rav was in Haverhill until 1926, therafter he was installed as the Chief Rabbi of Akron, Ohio.
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 [...]

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Chief Rabbi, Worcester, Massacutssess
d. 17 Kislev, 1938 (5699)
Rav Silver was a founding member of the Agudath Harabonim.
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Directions to kever:
Worcester Hebrew Cemetery
Lamper Hill Road
Auburn, MA 01501
Location: Off Stafford Street, take Cemetery Road past Havana Road

Photo Credit: Howard Komet

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Chief Rabbi of America
d. 12 Iyar, 1911
Rav Wderwitz, prior to his arrival in the United States was the Chief Rabbi of Moscow. The story goes that the Rav was once asked who made him Chief Rabbi of America to which he replied the sign painter.
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Chief Rabbi of Philadelphia, PA
d. 4 Tishrei, 1952 (5713)
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Full bio to be posted.
Directions to kever:
Congregation Mikveh Israel Cemetery
5500 Market St
Philadelphia, PA 19139
(Its advisable to call the cemetery in advance (215) 922-5446.)

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Chief Rabbi , Buffalo, NY
d. 18 Adar I, 1973 (5723)
Rav Zuckerman was titled HaGoan MiBuffalo by many of the Rabbonim who corresponded with him.
Anyone with information is asked to send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Beth David Cemetery
300 Elmont Road
Elmont, NY 11003
718-343-4000
Location: Coner of Emanuel and Madison Avenues, toward the [...]

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Moreh Dasrah Hungarian Congregation Ahavas Achim
d. 14 Tishrei, 1932
Rav Frankel before coming to New York City from Hungary served as the Chief Rabbi of McKeesport, and Scranton PA respectively.
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Directions to kever:
Mount Hebron Cemetery
130-04 Horace Harding Expressway
(Main Street Cemetery in Kew Gardens [...]

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Chief Rabbi of Sudbury, Canada
d. 6 Shevat, 1922 (5682)
The Rav, born in Dubrovna, Belarus a small town along the Dnieper River in 1857, studied in the famed Volozhiner Yeshiva. In 1892, after moving to the United States he settled in New Bern, NC where he served as Rav for two years until relocated to Sudbury. [...]

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Chief Rabbi of Scranton and Lackawanna County
d. 6 Cheshvan, 1966 (5227)
Rav Guterman introduced a daily Gemara Shiur (lecture) in 1911 which ran for over 50 years, a ground breaking concept here in the United States at that time.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Dalton Jewish Cemetery
Shoemaker [...]

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