Rabbi Avroham Yaakov Koplowitz
אברהם יעקב ב"ר גדליהו
Rav, Bais Medrash HaGadol of BrownsvilleDate of Death:
Tue. August 26, 1958 -
Elul 10 5718
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Directions to Kever: Mount Carmel Cemetery in Ridgewood, Queens maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Location: Section: 1, Block: E, Map: 7, Line: 5, Society: BETH H H OF BROWNSVILLE, Grave: 36 (Bais Medrash HaGadol of Brownsville section)
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: KOPLOWITZ, ABRAHAM
Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption: Rav Koplowitz worked endlessly to help improve the standards of kashrus (ritual slaughter) in the United States, served as President of the Shochtim Union, Credit: Institute For Judaic Culture and History (IFJCAH)
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Was he indeed a Rav, I know he was the Rosh Hashochtim (Head of ritual slaughters union) and faught hard for Kashrus of the Meat under Rabbi Hillel Klien.
He was my paternal great grandfather
My brother has his sefer and YES he was indeed a Rav. I believe he got his smicha from the Netziv. I was told that he was specially brought over from Volozhin to be a shochet and deal with the shechita in NY in his day.
My great grandfather, Rabbi Koplowitz wrote a sefer, Meleches Hakodesh – all about shechita in his day, which also includes a reproduction of his semicha in the handwriting of the Netziv and some really interesting biographical information. I recently found it online.
https://hebrewbooks.org/4127