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Cofounder of the Orthodox Union – OU
d. 15 Cheshvan, 1937
Rav Mendes an early pioneer, upholding true Torah values in the United States was the Moreh Dasrah of Congregation Shearith Israel (The Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue). The Rav, also served as the president of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (UOJCA). The UOJCA now [...]

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Congregation B’nei Jeshurun
d. 3 Tammuz, 1868
Rav Moshe Yaakov (Morris Jacob) Raphall was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1798. At the age of nine his father, a banker, took him to visit the King of Sweden and then to Copenhagen , where he was educated at the Hebrew grammar-school. He later received a Ph.D. degree from [...]

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Moreh Dasrah Congregation Orach Chaim, NYC
d. 25 Cheshvan, 1909
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Directions to kever:
Beth Olam Cemetery
2 Cypress Hills Street,
Ridgewood (Queens), New York 11208
(Part of a larger stone)
(Section: Shearith Israel, Main entrance, on the left of the Chapel Building, along the path)

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Spiritual Leader Congregation Bnai Jeshurun
d.16 Iyar, 1878 (5638)
Rav Isaac’s primary teacher was Rav Solomon Hirschell (d. 1842), Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. In 1839, with the encouragement of his Rebbe he accepted a position in New York as the spiritual leader (Moreh Dasrah, Chazan, preacher, est.) of Congregation Bnai Jeshurun. In 1859 the Rav [...]

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Talmid of Rav Nosson Adler, Rav of Frankfurt am Mein
d. 11 Iyar, 1852
Rev Yisroel Ber Kursheedt is the only known talmid (student) of Rav Nosson Adler the Rebbe of the Chasam Sofer to be buried in the United States. Rev Kursheedt was a contemporary of Rav Avroham Bing and Rav Wolf Heidenheim. It is reported [...]

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