Chief Rabbi of Shavel, Lita (Lithuania)
d. 15 Sivan, 1957 (5717)
Rav Levitan a prominent Moreh Dasrah in the Bronx was also the uncle of Rav Elazar Menachem Man Shach, the late Ponevezher Rosh Yeshiva.
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Mount Judah Cemetery Section One
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Corner of Lebanon Road and Sinai Avenue, left side of the path)
Rabbi Asher Nissan Levitan
October 26th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Tags: Chief Rabbi · Mount Judah Cemetery · New York · Queens / L.I., NY
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1 תולדות ושורשים // Oct 26, 2010 at 8:58 am
זהו דודו של הרב שך.
אחי אמו.
היה להם אח נוסף, ר’ בן ציון יעקב לויטן שהיה רב בעיר ציטוויאן שבליטא.
2 Farshlufen // Oct 26, 2010 at 1:49 pm
שטרייטס מצות היו תחת השגחתו
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=12099&pgnum=38
3 YD Miller // Nov 17, 2010 at 3:58 pm
A nephew was Rabbi Israel Mier Levitan of Chicago, see bottom of the letter where he mentions this uncle.
http://cgi.ebay.com/CHICAGO-Rabbi-Israel-Meir-LEVITAN-Hebrew-letter-judaica-/370418662689?pt=Antiquarian_Collectible&hash=item563eac3d21
4 YD Miller // Mar 3, 2011 at 3:57 pm
A nice photo of Rabbi Levitan together with Rav Teitz in 1935:
http://books.google.com/books?id=H7K4LIotquUC&lpg=PA87&dq=Rabbi%20Tomashoff&pg=PA94#v=onepage&q&f=false
5 admin // Mar 3, 2011 at 7:38 pm
Photo Caption: Overseeing production at the Streit’s Matzo factory, c. 1960.
Photo Credit: Aron Streit, Inc.
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