Kevarim of Tzadikim in North America

Rabbi Michael Shalom Winkler

מיכאל שלום ב"ר מנשה

Rav, Machsike Hadas, Copenhagen, Denmark

Date of Death: Mon. July 25, 1932 - Tammuz 21 5692

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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: Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Section, right at the end of the first path, at the bottom of the hill, around 20 feet from the RAMA"Z, See map picture below.

Name Listed on Cemetery Database: WINKLER, MICHAEL

Biographical Notes:

Winkler Pic
Photo Caption: Rabbi Michael Shalom Winkler, Credit: Machsike Hadas, Copenhagen
Photo Caption: Memorial at Machsike Hadas, Credit: Rabbi Levy Loewenthal, Demark

Photo Caption: Memorial at Machsike Hadas, Credit: Rabbi Levy Loewenthal, Demark


Photo Caption: Rav Elchonon Wasserman davening at the kever of Rav Winkler, Credit: Berish Weiss

Photo Caption: The same view as it appears today, Credit: IFJCAH

Source: The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 26 Jul 1932

Bio Information:

Rav Michael Shalom Winkler, a talmid (student) of Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld was born in the old Yishuv of Jerusalem. In 1932, Rav Winkler traveled to New York to raise the necessary funds to establish a yeshiva in Denmark. Unfortunately, he did not succeed with the mission. Unable to collect enough money for the return trip to Denmark, Rav Winkler stayed in New York.


Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY


Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

Credit: Map to the kever of Rabbi Michael Shalom Winkler


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