Grand Rabbi of Ujhel – Chicago
d. 5 Elul, 1995
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Rabbi Elozer Meisels
December 30th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Tags: Chief Rabbi · Monsey / New Square, NY · New York · Upstate New York
7 responses so far ↓
1 Miller // Dec 30, 2008 at 11:46 pm
He wasn’t the Rabbi in Hungary, he named his Shul Ujhely after his father.
2 Cheskel // Dec 31, 2008 at 12:12 am
Miller, to your knowledge he was the Rav Hatsoir to his fathers side before the war & Rav after WWII.
3 Monsey'er // Mar 1, 2009 at 4:07 am
As stated on the Matzeiva, he served as Rav first in Chicago (after WW2) and then in Miami.
4 Chief Hocker // Mar 2, 2009 at 3:28 am
How do you differentiate between a Chief Rabbi, Grand Rabbi, and Rebbe??????
5 eretzhagar // May 29, 2010 at 5:00 pm
In the early 1940s, he served as Dayan at Ujhely Sefard Community, where his father R’ David Dov Meisels was the Rav.
6 Cheskel // May 30, 2010 at 4:29 am
He was appointed as the Young Rov when he got married,
the first time before the war.
7 Chaim // Jun 16, 2010 at 4:49 pm
After R’ Luzer ztzl married his father the Uheler Rov R’ Duvid Dov Meisels HYD named him Dayan. Later he became the Rav Hatzoir. In Hungary and Galitzia it was traditional to name the heir to the chasidishe rebbe or to the rov as Rav Hatzoir, basically making him crown prince. A Chief Rabbi is the Rov who answers halachic questions. Grand Rabbi and Rebbe are the same. This was the chasidic leader of a sect. They rarely answered halachic questions.
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