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Entries Tagged as 'Pittsburgh, PA'

Rabbi Aaron Mordechai Ashinski

April 17th, 2009 · 14 Comments

Chief Rabbi of Pittsburgh, PA
d. 28 Addar II, 1954 (5714)
Rav Ashinski served as Rav in Syracuse, NY, Utica, NY, Detroit, MI, and Montreal, Canada before settling in Pittsburgh. In 1922 he moved to Brooklyn, NY where he was appointed Moreh Dasrah of Congregation Beth Shalom (South Fifth Street and Marcy Avenue). Over 5,000 people attended [...]

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Rabbi Aryeh Leib Gutel

September 15th, 2011 · 3 Comments

Rav, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
d. 14 Shevat, 1944(5704)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Beth Hamedrash Hagadol-Beth Jacob Cemetery
34 Rosamond Street (off Vine Street)
McKees Rocks, PA, 15136
Location: Needed
Photo Credit: Rich Boyer, Pittsburgh, PA

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Rabbi Avroham Eliyahu Fink

December 15th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Maggid Mishna, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
d. 15 Sivan, 1919 (5679)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Beth Hamedrash Hagadol-Beth Jacob Cemetery
34 Rosamond Street (off Vine Street)
McKees Rocks, PA, 15136
Location: Needed

Photo Credit: Lisa Grayson, Chicago, Illinois

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Rabbi Baruch Jaffe

September 1st, 2010 · 6 Comments

Rav, Pittsburgh, PA
d. 17 Iyar, 1943 (5703)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Shaare Torah Congregation Cemetery
827 Stewart Avenue (Carrick Section of the City)
Pittsburgh, PA 15227
(Location: Center, H)

Photo Credit: Rich Boyer, Pittsburgh, PA

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Tags: Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · Unknown

Rabbi Dov Ber Kaminetsky

August 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Rav, Pittsburgh, PA
d. ??????
Rav Kaminetsky delivered a moving eulogy for Rav Shmuel Salant in Pittsburgh on 5 Elul, 1909, a few days after his passing.
Anyone with information is asked to  please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
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Photo Credit:  www.virtualjudaica.com.

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Tags: Mystery · Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · Unknown

Rabbi Moshe Shimon Sivitz (Zivitz)

January 27th, 2009 · 46 Comments

Chief Rabbi of Pittsburgh, PA
d. 11 Av, 1936 (5696)
Rav Sivitz was born in Zhitovyan (Kovno), Lithuania and studied in the Yeshivos of Slovan and Chelm, where he became a close disciple of Rav Eliezer Gordon, the Telzer rosh yeshiva. He also received semicha (ordained) from Rav Gordon and additional semicha from Rav Yitzchok Elchonon Spector, [...]

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Rabbi Shmuel Tzvi Zahler

August 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment

Rav, Pittsburgh, PA
d. 18 Adar I, 1943 (5703)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Shaare Torah Congregation Cemetery
827 Stewart Avenue (Carrick Section of the City)
Pittsburgh, PA 15227
(Location: Center, H)

Photo Credit: Rich Boyer, Pittsburgh, PA

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Tags: Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · Unknown

Rabbi Yaakov Friedman

August 13th, 2009 · 10 Comments

Chief Rabbi, Clairton, Pennsylvania
d. 22 Tammuz, 1940 (5700)
Anyone with information is asked to send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Sefard Cemetery
Center Street
McKeesport , PA 15132

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Rabbi Yosef Leib Kaplan

August 26th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Rav, Bais Medrash Hagadol of Pittsburgh
d. 1 Elul, 1952 (5712) Rosh Chodesh
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Beth Hamedrash Hagadol-Beth Jacob Cemetery
34 Rosamond Street (off Vine Street)
McKees Rocks, PA, 15136

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