8 Comments

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   YD Miller on January 5, 2011 at 11:07 am

   Rabbi Besdin was a close deciple of the Rav RJB Solovietchik, he wrote many books about him and his teachings, both, in Hebrew and English.

   “Reflections of the Rav:
   http://books.google.com/books?id=SRtAnVpJTxYC&dq=Rabbi+Abraham+Besdin&source=gbs_navlinks_s

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   YD Miller on January 5, 2011 at 11:17 am

   Photo of Rabbi Besdin in 1947:
   http://books.google.com/books?id=NcnfmTp4OBEC&lpg=PA67&dq=Rabbi%20Abraham%20Besdin&pg=PA67#v=onepage&q&f=false

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   shloime on January 5, 2011 at 12:54 pm

   current the congregation sons of abraham ( temple bnai abraham ) is a pogresive synagogue , was it in 1947 also ? , or has it changed ? are you sure that the link 4 the picture above is the same rabbi besdin ?

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   asher on January 5, 2011 at 1:17 pm

   Interesting family name. Wonder what the “R” stands for.

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   am on January 11, 2011 at 3:42 pm

   rabbi besdin was rav in eitz chaim on east 13th in flatbush

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   shloime on January 13, 2011 at 11:53 am

   has anyone an answer about the congregation sons of abraham what is to day a reform synagogue !
   and in the picture in the link above we can see rabbi besdin @ a hachnosas sefer toire in this congregation , were it was completly mixed ! meaby only @ this event , or meaby bichlal ?!?

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   azi on January 14, 2011 at 12:03 am

   @Shlomo – are you serious? that photo was taken in 1947; if seeing a 60 year old picture with mixed seating is a shock, you are in desperate need of a book and an honest education.

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   shloime on January 19, 2011 at 8:41 am

   the mixed sitting does not shock me at all , @ simches etc. it was normal , but in a shul ?
   and when did the congregation changesd to reform ? or did the never change ?……

   ( mixed sitting @ simches , who did know about mechitzes those days ? …. but in a shul , ? with sifrei torah out ? did i missed some education ?!? )