Rabbi Mordecai Yosef Mayer
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Rav, Congregation Shaarey Shomayim (Roumanishe Shul), Lower East SideDate of Death:
Mon. January 26, 1981 -
Shevat 21 5741
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Name Listed on Cemetery Database: MAYER, MORDECAI
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Rabbi Mordecai Mayer, led Congregation Shaarey Shomayim for 20 years and died in 1981, two days before his 66th birthday.Born in Chortkov, the Rav studied in Yeshiva Chachmei Lublin, and arrived on these shores in 1936.
For 40 years, he conducted programs on Jewish topics on radio station WEVD. In the 1970s he was a columnist for the Yiddish weekly Algemeiner Journal, and authored a number of seforim (books) in both Hebrew and English.
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Served as Rabbi of the Nachlas zvi shul 289 E. 4 St. and at the Cong Chasam Sopher 10 clinton street lower east side, and for his las 20 years at Congregation Shaarey Shomayim / First Roumanian American Congregation at 28 Rivington Street in Manhattan.
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I just uncovered a tape of a radio address of his in 1964. If the family is interested please contact me. I will post it to YouTube shortly. avenuejevents@gmail.com
My father Chazzan Moshe Goldman Domb was Chazzan at nachlos zvi. I davened there from the 1950s and 1960s. The yeshiva Ch’San Sofer was across of street from the shul. I went to Yeshiva there. My father was Chazzan at the Clinton street shul. I was the alto soloist for Henry Spektor’s choir at the Romanisher shul. Also for Samuel Sterner’s choir.
The shamos of congregation Nachlus Zvi was Rabbi Avroham Yitzchok Zukerman.
There was a Mendel Hollander that davened at Nachlos Zvi. He lived on 3rd street off Avenue C. My parents lived on the same block.
My grandfather, Chazzan Yosef Weiss, led selichot and high holy days at romanische shul in the late 1960’s to early 1970’s. If anyone knows of any recordings (live; practice; etc) please contact me.