Chief Rabbi of Cleveland, OH
d. 1932
Rav Gittelson was born in Lithuania (1851-1853), son of Rav Yehuda Leib a descendant of Rav Yeshaya Halevi Horowitz, Shelah Hakadosh. The Rav’s father passed away when he was eight. Impoverished, he wandered from town to town for charitable donations enabling him to receive a traditional yeshiva education. Rav Gittelson attended [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Cleveland, OH'
Rabbi Binyamin Gittelson
November 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: Cleveland, OH · Mystery · Ohio
Rabbi Dovid Barkin
September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
R”M Telshe, Cleveland, Ohio
d. 29, Kislev, 2006 (5767) Chanukah
Rav Barkin was a son-in-law of Rav Eliyahu Meir Bloch.
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Directions to kever:
Mount Olive Cemetery
27855 Aurora Rd
Solon, OH 44139
(440) 248-5100
(Near the ohel of Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch)
Photo Credit: Jack Mueller, Lakewood, NJ
Tags: Cleveland, OH · Ohio · Rosh Yeshiva
Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch
February 11th, 2009 · 8 Comments
Rosh Yeshiva Telshe, Cleveland, Ohio
d. 28 Teves, 1955
Full bio to be posted.
Mount Olive Cemetery
27855 Aurora Rd
Solon, OH 44139
(440) 248-5100
(Ohel)
Tags: Cleveland, OH · Ohio · Rosh Yeshiva
Rabbi Menachem Schoenbrun
February 5th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Rav, Congregation Knesses Yisroel, Cleveland, OH
d. 25 Shevat, 1943 (5703)
The Rav, a respected authority on shechita (ritual slaughter) also wrote Minchas Sofer a collection of homiletics on the torah. Prior to his position in Cleveland he served as Moreh Dasrah of Scranton, PA and Bridgeport, CT respectively.
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Rabbi Mordechai Tzvi Schwartz
March 17th, 2009 · 12 Comments
Clevelander Rav
d. 11 Elul, 1962
Full bio to be posted.
Mount Olive Cemetery
27855 Aurora Rd
Solon, OH 44139
(440) 248-5100
(Alongside the ohel of Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch)
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