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 the Rav’s inaugural drasha (speech) among them many local politicians. After a lengthily din torah with his former congregants in Pittsburgh, who tried to force the Rav to move back, Rav Ashinski resettled in Pittsburgh. At the time of his passing the Rav was among the senior most Rabbonim in the United States.
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Directions to kever:
Beth Hamedrash Hagadol-Beth Jacob Cemetery
34 Rosamond Street (off Vine Street)
McKees Rocks, PA, 15136
Rabbi Aaron Mordechai Ashinski
April 17th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Tags: Mystery · Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh
5 responses so far ↓
1 Mendel // Apr 19, 2009 at 3:37 pm
There was a Rabbi Yecheskel Ashinski in Detroit, were they related?
2 Miller // Apr 19, 2009 at 4:59 pm
The Rav had a SIL Rabbi Nachmen Zvi Evin who was first Rav in Scranton PA and then in Cleveland OH
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=29054&hilite=a0e79683-8da8-42a6-8eac-f810a6af4948&pgnum=13
3 Rabbi Stern // Apr 20, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Miller:
Perhaps you mean Rabbi Ebin whose kever is posted on this sight.
http://kevarim.com/rabbi-nachman-tzvi-ebin/
4 Miller // Apr 20, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Yes, thanks Rabbi Stern
5 Shmuel // Jun 9, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Does anyone know where the Rav is buried?
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