Chief Rabbi of Montreal
d. 27 Teves, 1998
Rav Hirschsprung, a student of Rebbe Meir Shapiro served as the Chief Rabbi of Montreal from 1969 until his passing. The Lubliner once said that already as a youth he knew 2,200 talmudic folios by heart. The Rav also shared a very close relationship with the Lubavitcher Rebbe and served as one of the Rosh Yeshivas at Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim of Montreal.
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Directions to kever:
Baron de Hirsch Affiliated Cemeteries
5015 de la Savanne
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Tel: 514-735-4696
Rabbi Pinchos Hirschsprung
December 24th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Tags: Canada · Chief Rabbi · Montreal, QC · Rosh Yeshiva
8 responses so far ↓
1 Dov E // Mar 3, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Baruch:
He has a son who lives in KGH, he may have a picture of the Rav?s grave.
2 azi // Mar 3, 2009 at 5:54 pm
What is KGH?
3 Dov E // Mar 3, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Kew Gardens Hills
4 azi // Mar 4, 2009 at 12:51 am
I know he has a son in Montreal.
5 W. W. W. // May 27, 2010 at 12:38 am
As a student in 770 we had his number next to the phone in our dorm. When anyone had a question of where to find a Gemarah (ANY Gemara!) we would call him. WIthout even saying hello or waisting time he took our question answered to the exact line within page/volume etc. and hung up. I personally got Amreh M’komos by the dozen like this! He was from those unique individuals with the books of Torah!
6 Chaim // Jun 16, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Rav Hirshprung ztzl had a photographic memory but was also a gaon in pilpul. There wasn’t a part of Torah that he didn’t know. He was the founding force in the establishment of a Bais Yakov in Montreal.
7 curios // Jun 17, 2010 at 2:48 pm
There is a famous story about him with Reb Chaim Ozer Grodzensky Ztz”l.
He published a Torah Journal in his youth.
B”h, I was zoiche to see Rav Hirschprung, and hear him speak.
8 chaim // Sep 2, 2010 at 3:35 pm
he is buried in st. sophie not in the above mentioned place.
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