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Rabbi Aaron Gordon

lizensk12 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:26:46 +0000

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 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)

Rabbi Aaron Kagan

lizensk12 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:04:13 +0000

Son of the Chofetz Chaim
d. 30 Shevat, 1957 (5717)
In addition to Rav Kagan, 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.
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
Location: Corner of Lebanon Road and Sinai Avenue)

Rabbi Aaron Shabsai Kotler

lizensk12 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:50:16 +0000

Moreh Dasrah Chevra Beth Hillel Anshei Kreva
d. 11 Kislev, 1957 (5718)
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
(Section: 2, Block: 6, Washington Avenue on the right side)

Rabbi Aaron Shlomo Bockstein

lizensk12 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:39:29 +0000

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)

Rabbi Alter Chanoch Henoch Leibowitz

lizensk12 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:50:06 +0000

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 Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen. His father’s death in 1941 left him in charge of the fledgling yeshiva while still in his early 20s. Rav Henoch would spend the rest of his life leading the yeshiva as an International Orthodox Jewish icon. Sadly, the Rosh Yeshiva left no children.
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 of Lebanon Road and Sinai Avenue, facing the road)

Rabbi Asher Nissan Levitan

lizensk12 — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:12:31 +0000

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, NY 11385
(Corner of Lebanon Road and Sinai Avenue, left side of the path)

Rabbi Avroham Bentzion Benjamin

lizensk12 — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:11:40 +0000

Rav, New York City
d. 21 Kislev, 1954 (5715)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section Two
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Corner of Jefferson and Washington Avenue, Section 5:5)

Rabbi Avroham Eliezer Alperstein

lizensk12 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:20:54 +0000

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.
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
(Right on Machpela Avenue, ohel at the top of the hill on the right)

Rabbi Avroham Galernter

lizensk12 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:57:33 +0000

Moreh Dasrah of Congregation Tifereth Yisroel, Lower East Side
d. 15 Elul, 1927 (5687)
Congregation Tifereth Yisroel eventual became the Bialystoker Shul.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
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)

Rabbi Avroham Lehrman

lizensk12 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:37:58 +0000

Moreh Dasrah Congregation Tifereth Yisroel
d. 2 Av, 1945 (5705)
In October 1943, Rav Lehrman participated in the historic March on Washington in which over 400 mostly Orthodox rabbis marched through the streets of 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:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section Two
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Section: 2, Block: 21, Path: L16, on the left side)

Rabbi Avroham Schoen

lizensk12 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:29:26 +0000

Rav Adas Bnei Yisroel Shomrei Shabbos of Brooklyn
d. 28 Elul, 1942 (5702)
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
(Section: 1, Block: U:7, Bethel Avenue on the right side facing the road)

Rabbi Avroham Shaul Chaim Levine

lizensk12 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:42:04 +0000

Congregation Tzemach Tzedek Nusach Ari
d. 23 Kislev, 1939 (56999)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section Two
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Section: 2, Block: 9, Society: Zem Zed Nus Hoari, along the road on the right side)

Rabbi Avroham Shimshon Greenberg

lizensk12 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:37:31 +0000

Founder of Talmid Torah Tiferes Jerusalem (MTJ)
d. 21 Elul, 1941 (5701)
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 of Lebanon Road and Sinai Avenue)

Rabbi Avroham Yaakov Pam

lizensk12 — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:04:04 +0000

Rosh Yeshiva Mesivta Torah Vodath
d. 28 Av, 2001 (5761)
Full bio to be posted.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section Two
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Corner of Emanuel and Washington Avenue)

Rabbi Avroham Yehuda Libin

lizensk12 — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:28:51 +0000

Shklover Illui
d. 13 Sivan, 1934 (5693)
The Rav who was involved with Yeshivas Tiferes Jerusalem (MTJ) was a student in the famed Volozhiner 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, NY 11385
(Location: Lebanon Road and Sinai Avenue, Section V:1, along the Union Field Cemetery fence)

Rabbi Avroham Yitzchok Faivelson

lizensk12 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:21:27 +0000

Menahel Vaad Harabonim of New York
d. 11 Nissan, 1975 (5735)
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 of Lebanon Road and Sinai Avenue)

Rabbi Avroham Yitzchok Schisgal

lizensk12 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:38:26 +0000

Moreh Dasrah of Congregation Anshei Vilna
d. 1 Teves, 1952 (5713)
Rav Schisgal’s son, Rav Eliyahu Moshe, (R.M. Mesivta Torah Vodath) was the son-in-law of the Goan Rav Moshe Feinstein.
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 of Lebanon Road and Sinai Avenue)

Rabbi Avroham Yitzchok Shuchatowitz

lizensk12 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:56:26 +0000

Moreh Dasrah Bias Medrash HaGadol of the Bronx
d. 23 Elul, 1946 (5706)
In his Will, the Rav requested that one immerse in a mikvah (ritual path) prior to praying at his gravesite.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section Two
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Corner of Jefferson and Washington Avenue, Section 5:5)

Rabbi Avroham Yosef Gordon

lizensk12 — Thu, 19 May 2011 05:04:13 +0000

Rav, New York City
d. 27 Teves, 1960 (5720)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section Two
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
Location: Along Jefferson Avenue, right side Photo CreditL Asher Lowy, Brooklyn, New York

Rabbi Avroham Yosef Shulman

lizensk12 — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:06:40 +0000

Rav, New York City
d. 11 Adar, 1947 (5707)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section Two
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Corner of Jefferson and Washington Avenue, Section 5:5)

Rabbi Baruch Marshak

lizensk12 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:05:20 +0000

Moreh Dasrah Congregation Chevra Shas of Brownsville
d. 24 Av, 1964 (5724)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section Two
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Section: 2 Block: 5, Grave: 263, Path: L02, Society: Mish & Shom Shabbath, along Washington Avenue)

Rabbi Binyamin Aronowitz

lizensk12 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:45:07 +0000

Rosh Yeshiva Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon (RIETS)
d. 8 Tishrei, 1945
Anyone with information is asked to send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section One
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Corner of Lebanon Road and Sinai Avenue Section V:1, left side, apposite the Yampole Rebbe)

Rabbi Binyamin Levy

lizensk12 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:39:15 +0000

Moreh Dasrah Ahavas Avroham
d. 6 Tishrei, 1924 (5685)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section Two
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Path 20, towards the front of the cemetery)

Rabbi Binyamin Yechezkel Wolkowitz

lizensk12 — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:11:22 +0000

Moreh Dasrah Bias Medrash HaGadol of the Bronx
d. 27 Nissan, 1955 (5715)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section Two
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Corner of Jefferson and Washington Avenue, Section 5:5, Near the kever of Rabbi Avroham Yitzchok Shuchatowitz)

Rabbi Chaim Avrahom Klein

lizensk12 — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:35:26 +0000

Moreh Dasrah Congregation Schulchan Uhrech Anshe Kutno
d. 13 Adar I, 1984 (5744)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Judah Cemetery Section Two
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Block: 9, Gate: 9, Left side along Main Road second gate after Emanuel Avenue)

Rabbi Chaim Dovid Leibowitz

lizensk12 — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:22:51 +0000

Rosh Hayeshivah, Rabbinical Seminary of America (RSA)
d. 15 Kislev, 1941
Reb Dovid Warshawer as he was known in Europe studied in Radin with his great-uncle, the Chofetz Chaim, Slobodka, and eventually the Slabodka Kolel.
In 1926, Rav Leibowitz came to the United States and joined Mesivta Torah Vodath, before opening his own yeshiva in 1933.
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 of Lebanon Road and Sinai Avenue, behind the kever of the Yampoler Rebbe)

Rabbi Chaim Heller

lizensk12 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:15:07 +0000

Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon (RIETS)
d. 14 Nissan, 1960
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
(Judah Road last section before Sinai Avenue on the left side, Section T:5)

Rabbi Chaim Levine

lizensk12 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:29:54 +0000

R”M Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem (MTJ)
d. 6 Nissan, 1961 (5721)
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 of Lebanon Road and Sinai Avenue, along the Union Field Cemetery fence)

Rabbi Chaim Rosen

lizensk12 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:18:27 +0000

Baal Bikhurei Chaim
d. 12 Iyar, 1971 (5731)
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 of Lebanon Road and Sinai Avenue)

Rabbi Chaim Shalom Leibowitz

lizensk12 — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:44:49 +0000

Moreh Dasrah Congregation Achei Yoseph
d. Tishrei 17 1968 (5729)
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
(Judah Road last section before Sinai Avenue on the left side, Section T:5)