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Rav in Brooklyn, New York
d. 6 Iyar, 1930 (5690)
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Directions to kever:
Union Field Cemetery
8211 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Path X, Row 71)

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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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Gorlitzer Rav
d. 12 Cheshvan, 1976
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Directions to kever:
Wellwood Cemetery
Wellwood Ave
Farmingdale, NY 11735
(Agudath HaAdmorim Section on South Avenue)

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Son of the Chofetz Chaim
d. 30 Shevat, 1957 (5717)
In addition to Rav Kagen, his mother, the wife of the Chofetz Chaim and the wife of Rav Yeruchem Levovitz (d. 1936),the famed Mirer Mashgiach are both buried in the same section.
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Chief Chaplin of Middle Town Hospital, New Jersey
d. 25 Tamuz, 2000
Rav Dershowitz prior to settling in Lakewood, NJ served as the Chief Rabbi of Newport News, VA and various cites in Wisconsin. The Rav was also widely known for the many weekly shuirem (lectures) he delivered.
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Moreh Dasrah Chevra Beth Hillel Anshei Kreva
d. 11 Kislev, 1957 (5718)
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Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section One
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Section: 2, Block: 6, Washington Avenue on the right side)

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Rav in New York City
d. 2 Teves, 1936 (5696)
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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 in New York City
d. 21 Elul, 1934
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Directions to kever:
Mount Hebron Cemetery
130-04 Horace Harding Expressway
(Main Street Cemetery in Kew Gardens Hills)
Flushing, NY 11367
(Block: 42, Reference: 6, Section: E, Line: J, Grave: 13, Society: Cong Tree Of Life)

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Moreh Dasrah Beth Medrash HaGadol Vtomchei Torah, Bronx, NY
d. 18 Iyar, 1927 (Lag Bomer)
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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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Rav in New York City
d. 16 Sivan, 1964
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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 of Shearith Hapletah Sanzs Klausenberg
d. 11 Elul, 1986
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Directions to kever:
Beth Moses Cemetery
Wellwood Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735
(Jordon Road)

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Baal Doresh Tov LeAmo
d. 23 Sivan, 1952
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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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Moreh Dasrah of Beth Medrash HaGadol Anshe Ungaran (Hungary)
d. 19 Nissan, 1936
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Directions to kever:
Union Field Cemetery
8211 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Section 17 on the hill)

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Turker Rav of Kew Gardens, NY
d. 13 Nissan, 1974
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Directions to kever:
Beth Moses Cemetery
Wellwood Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735
(Jordon Road)

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Rav in New York City
d. 26 Kislev, 1942
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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).
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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
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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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Moreh Dasrah Congregation Agudas Achim Bnei Yaakov
d. 26 Elul, 1927 (5687)
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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
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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 Shavel, Lita (Lithuania)
d. 15 Sivan, 1957
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, NY [...]

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Puhietze Rebbe
d. 11 Nissan, 1966
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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
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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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Moreh Dasrah Chortkover Klaus of Brooklyn
d. 11 Av, 1935
Rav Regenbogen was the official emissary of Rebbe Yisroel Friedman the Chortkover Rebbe in New York. Prior to establishing the Chortkover Klaus (13th Avenue and 50th Street) in 1925, the Rav was the official lecturer at the Sadigerer Klaus on the Lower East Side.
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Rav in New York City
c. 1898
Rav Benjaminson lived in New York City and was the author of Emek Yehoshpat, Hamisbonain, and Milhamah be-Shalom which includes approbations from Chief Rabbi Yaakov Joseph and Rav Hillel Klein.
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Moreh Dasrah Eldridge Street Synagogue
d. 5 Shevat, 1930
Rav Yudelovitch was among the most influential Rabbanim (Rabbis) living in the United States during the 1920’s.
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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 [...]

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Moreh Dasrah Kneseth Yisroel (White Shule), Far Rockaway, NY
d. 28 Tamuz, 1958
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: 65, Reference: 1, Section: A/B, Society: Mirer Young Men)

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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.
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Moreh Dasrah of Congregation Tifereth Yisroel, Lower East Side
d. 15 Elul, 1927 (5687)
Congregation Tifereth Yisroel eventual became the Bialystoker Shul.
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Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section Two
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(First mini ohel upon entering the cemetery on the left)

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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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