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Rabbi Aaron Agrovsky

lizensk12 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:53:31 +0000

Rav, Chevra Mishnayos Eitz Chaim
d. 8 Adar, 1939 (5699)
The Rav was associated with a number of congregations throughout Brownsville.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
Location: Needed

Photo Credit: L’Zecher Nishmas Rav Chaim Stein ZT”L, Rosh Yeshivah Telshe Yeshiva

Rabbi Avroham Yitzchok Yekelchick

lizensk12 — Tue, 04 May 2010 09:44:58 +0000

Rav, New York City
d. 7 Nissan, 1940 (5700)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
(Location: Needed)

Rabbi Baruch Meir Rabinowitz

lizensk12 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:58:28 +0000

Moreh Dasrah Congregation Tiferes HaGra
d. 8 Elul, 2000
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
(Montefiore Avenue, right on Lane O)

Rabbi Ben Tzion Eisenstadt

lizensk12 — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:15:16 +0000

Jewish Historian
d. 29 Av, 1951 (5711)
The Rav was a prolific writer credited with recording much of the early Jewish history of these shores.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
Location: Needed

Photo Credit: L’Zecher Nishmas Rav Chaim Stein ZT”L, Rosh Yeshivah Telshe Yeshiva

Rabbi Eliyahu Harkavy

lizensk12 — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:49:05 +0000

Rav in New York City
d. 12 Tamuz, 1931
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Mount Carmel Cemetery
Chief Rabbi Joseph Section
83-45 Cypress Hills Street
Glendale, NY 11385
(Section: 1, Block: C, Map: 11, Grave: 6, Line: R-11R)

Rabbi Gavriel Zev (Velvele) Margolis

lizensk12 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:28:19 +0000

President of the Knesseth HaRabonim
d. 10 Elul, 1935
Rav Velvele married the daughter of Rav Nachum Kaplan, the famed Rebbe of the Chofetz Chaim. After moving to the United States in 1907, the Rav was appointed as the Chief Rabbi of Boston, MA where he established the Knesseth HaRabonim HaOrthdoksim d’America v’Canada, prior to moving to New York City in 1911.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
(Section: United Hebrew Community, along Carmel Avenue, first dirt path on the right side, before North 9 Street)

Rabbi Gershon Epstein

lizensk12 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:03:50 +0000

Baal Birkhat Chaim
d. 3 Tamuz, 1922
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
(Montefiore Avenue, right on Lane O, behind the Manestricher ohel at the end of the path, in the next section)

Rabbi Menashe Margolis

lizensk12 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:40:01 +0000

President of the Knesseth HaRabonim
d. 1 Sivan, 1954
Following the passing of his father, Rav Margolis assumed the presidency of the Knesseth HaRabonim HaOrthdoksim dAmerica vCanada. The organization ceased operations with the Rav’s passing.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
(Section: United Hebrew Community, along Carmel Avenue, first dirt path on the right side, before North 9 Street)

Rabbi Michael Yosef Aaron Alter Lifshitz

lizensk12 — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 05:15:21 +0000

Rav, Toronto, Canada
d. 15 Shevat, 1947 (5707)
Anyone with information is asked to send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
Location: Gate: 634/N, Block: 15, Row: 011R, Grave: 1, Society Name: CHEV. TIFERETH AARON ISRAEL BETH JACOB

Rabbi Miyrom Hillel Rappaport

lizensk12 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:31:30 +0000

Bialystoker Shtut Maggid (Town Preacher)
d. 11 Iyar, 1963
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
Location: Section: United Hebrew Community, along Carmel Avenue, first dirt path on the right side, before North 9 Street, a few rows in.

Photo Credit: Sam Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Moshe Binyamin Tomashoff

lizensk12 — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:31:53 +0000

Rav, Brownsville, Brooklyn
d. 6 Teves, 1960 (5720)
The Rav was a prominent member of the Agudath Harabonim.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
(Location: Gate: 665/S, Block: 28, Row: 011R, Grave: 2, Society: Chevra Beth Israel of Brownsville)

Rabbi Rafael Shmuel Weiss (Weisz)

lizensk12 — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:03:57 +0000

Rav, Jamaica, Queens, NY
d. 22 Elul, 1958 (5718)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
Location: Needed

Rabbi Shimon Deutsch

lizensk12 — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:56:05 +0000

Rav in New York City
d. 12 Kislev, 1928 (5689)
Anyone with biographical information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
718-528-1700

Rabbi Shloma Zlatalov

lizensk12 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:37:09 +0000

Baal Zichron Menachem
d. 18 Adar II, 1932
Rav Zlatalov the author of Zichron Menachem which was named after his father who was a Rav in New York City.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
(Montefiore Avenue, right on Lane O, behind the Manestricher ohel at the end of the path, in the next section)

Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz

lizensk12 — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:44:49 +0000

Moreh Dasrah Congregation Knesset Yisroel
d. 20 Tammuz, 1936 (5696)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
(Section: United Hebrew Community, Carmel Avenue, first dirt path on the right side, before North 9 Street)

Rabbi Shmuel Tzvi Wein

lizensk12 — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:04:53 +0000

Rav, New York City
d. 8 Kislev, 1918 (5679)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
Location: Benjamin RoadPhoto Credit: Asher Lowy, Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Shneur Zalman Schneerson

lizensk12 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:05:07 +0000

Nassi, Shevet Yehuda Institute
d. 18 Tammuz, 1980
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
Lubavitcher Section
226-20 Francis Lewis Boulevard
Cambria Heights, NY 11411
(Directly behind the Lubavitcher ohel, alongside the Tomashpol Rebbe)

Rabbi Uri Felshin

lizensk12 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:48:34 +0000

Nasi, United Galil Aid Society
d. 25 Av, 1947
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412

Rabbi Yaakov Eliyahu Rabinowitz

lizensk12 — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:52:33 +0000

Rav, Bnai Israel of Linden Heights, Brooklyn, NY
d. 15 Adar II, 1943 (5703) Shushan Purim
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
T: 718-528-1700
Location: Gate: 263/W, Block: 83, Row: 001R, Grave: 11, Society: Bnai Israel of Linden Heights

Rabbi Yeshaya Yosef Margolin

lizensk12 — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 05:02:36 +0000

Rav, New York City
d. 7 Adar I, 1943 (5703)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
(Location: Benjamin corner North 7th Street)

Rabbi Yitzchok Fisholes

lizensk12 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:41:57 +0000

Rav in New York City
d. 11 Iyar, 1982
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
(Section: United Hebrew Community, Carmel Avenue, first dirt path on the right side, before North 9 Street)

Rabbi Yitzchok Yaakov Schevelovitz

lizensk12 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:20:10 +0000

Moreh Dasrah Congregation Adas Yeshurun, Middle Village, NY
d. 10 Kislev, 1953
Rav Schevelovitz was among the over 400 Rabbanim and Admorim who on Erev Yom Kippur, 1943 marched on Washington demanding that the Roosevelt administration help save the Jews of Europe.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
(Carmel Avenue, first dirt path, before North 9 Street, next to Rav Velvele Margolis)

Rabbi Yoel Summer

lizensk12 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:03:14 +0000

Rav, Linova, Belarus
d. 10 Tishrei, 1938 (5699) Yom Kippur
The Rav was ordained by Rav Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
Location: Society Number: 910 Cong. Shomrei Emunah, Block: 3, Row: 012L, Grave: 18, Gate: 588/E

Rabbi Zalman Shimon Dworkin

lizensk12 — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 05:01:09 +0000

Chief Rabbi, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
d. 17 Adar, 1985 (5745)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
Lubavitcher Section
226-20 Francis Lewis Boulevard
Cambria Heights, NY 11411
(Right side of ohel)

Rabbi Zev Lifshitz

lizensk12 — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:56:17 +0000

Rav, New York City
d. 29 Adar II, 1984 (5744)
Anyone with information is asked to send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
Location: Gate: 634/N, Block: 15, Row: 011R, Grave: 1, Society Name: CHEV. TIFERETH AARON ISRAEL BETH JACOB

Photo Credit: Yossel Hoizman, Lakewood, NJ

Rebbe Aryeh Leib Schochet

lizensk12 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:01:11 +0000

Radifker Rebbe
d. 6 Teves, 1928
The Rebbe came to these shores from Russia in 1907. His Lekutim Yekarim was the first known safer (book) on chassidus published in America.
Anyone with information is asked to send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
(Lane O, behind the Manestricher ohel , at the end of the path past the bushes to the left)

Rebbe Avroham Yaakov Panitch

lizensk12 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:47:55 +0000

Makarover Rebbe of New York
d. 24 Adar, 1964
The Rebbe’s father-in-law was Rebbe Dovid Twersky, the Makarov Kiev Rebbe (d. 1902). The Makarov Kiev Rebbe was married to the daughter of Rebbe Avroham Twersky, the Trisker Maggid (d. 1889). Sadly the Rebbe left no descendants.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
121-83 Springfield Boulevard
St. Albans (Queens), NY 11412
(Section: Boslover, David Avenue, between South 9 and South 10 Street)

Rebbe Chaim Moshe Yehoshua Schneerson – Twersky

lizensk12 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:31:39 +0000

Tomashpol Koidnover Rebbe
d. 11 Elul, 1959
The Rebbe is a direct descendant of Rebbe Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal HaTanya. In addition, the Rebbe’s grandmother was the granddaughter of Rebbe Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (d. 1810).
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
Lubavitcher Section
226-20 Francis Lewis Boulevard
Cambria Heights, NY 11411
(Directly behind the Lubavitcher ohel, surrounded by a pole fence)

Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson

lizensk12 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:17:01 +0000

Lubavitcher Rebbe
The Rebbe’s ohel is the most frequented grave in the United States.
d. 3 Tamuz, 1994
Full bio to be posted.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
Lubavitcher Section
226-20 Francis Lewis Boulevard
Cambria Heights, NY 11411

Rebbe Moshe Chaim Ephraim Weisbard

lizensk12 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:15:18 +0000

Admor
d. 24 Elul, 1935 (5695)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Old Montefiore Cemetery
226-20 Francis Lewis Boulevard
Cambria Heights, NY 11411
(Enter from Lubavitcher Section, 150 feet to the right of the ohel along Abraham Avenue on the right side)