8 Comments

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   MBD on April 23, 2009 at 2:39 pm

   Who was the Mashiv kHalacha?

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   Miller on April 23, 2009 at 3:54 pm

   Reb Avrohom Zev Wolf Frankel of Pschevorsk and later in Riesche.
   http://www.hebrewbooks.org/1013

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   Ben Bee Zee on January 20, 2011 at 1:34 pm

   He was Rav in McKeesport, PA, and was a Sanzer Chusid, He had a brother R’ Simcha who was Rav in Port Amboy.

   http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=20673&st=&pgnum=30&hilite=

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   Ben Bee Zee on January 20, 2011 at 4:21 pm

   McKeesport is about 14 miles from Pittsburgh there was a substantial Hungarian Jewish community.

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   Yankie Friedman on January 21, 2011 at 10:31 am

   My Great Grandfather, R’ Yaakov Friedman was a Rov in Clairton, Pa (right next to Mckeesport, Pa and was nifter in 1940. I wonder if they knew each other (He also had a married brother with 10 children living in Mckeesport). any way to connect them?

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   Simon Haskel on April 19, 2011 at 5:24 pm

   I’m pretty sure that this is my uncle Wolf Levy who lived with his family on our block in Brooklyn in the 30s thru 40s. He was ordained but to my knowledge did not have a permanent congregation.
   He had two sons (one Rabbi Zalman Levy in N.J.) and 3 daughters

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   Jessica Meizlish on January 15, 2013 at 11:13 pm

   I believe that this is my Great Grandfather. Simon, that would make you my cousin. My grandfather was Simon Levy and Zalman was his brother.

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   YD Miller on April 23, 2013 at 6:20 pm

   Sefer of the Rav named HaDeah V’Hadibur:
   http://hebrewbooks.org/2905

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   Simon,
   Based on what is written there, the name of the FIL of Rabbi Levy was R’ Aaron Samson Haskel, I guess that is how you are related, any idea about where the Haskel fmaily lived in Europe?

   Thanks