Chief Rabbi Hartford, CT
d. 14 Iyar, 1966
The Rav, who studied in Slabodka was the son in law of the baal Damesek Eliezer, Rav Eliezer Nitsberg.
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Adas Israel Cemetery
Garden Street (and Tower Avenue)
Hartford, CT 06120
(Front row to the right of the entrance)
(Part of a larger stone)
Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Mowshowitz
July 24th, 2009 · 11 Comments
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11 responses so far ↓
1 binyamin // Jul 24, 2009 at 9:15 am
‘דמשק אליעזר’ מויזניץ?
2 curios // Jul 24, 2009 at 11:30 am
the Damesek Eliezer from Viznitz’s name was Hager, and he didn’t have any children…
3 curios // Jul 24, 2009 at 11:34 am
was he related to the famous Movshovitzes?
4 Gedalyah // Jul 24, 2009 at 12:43 pm
He was born in Slonim.
5 Miller // Jul 24, 2009 at 1:34 pm
בנימין,
דמשק אליעזר חותן הרב מובשוביץ היה ר’ אליעזר ב”ר דוד יהודה ניצברג אב”ד הולינקא בליטא
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/1648
6 binyamin // Jul 25, 2009 at 4:18 pm
ישר כח.
7 curios // Apr 17, 2010 at 7:34 pm
His son-in-law was R’ Refoel Moshe Gibber.
8 YD Miller // Dec 8, 2010 at 11:58 am
Rav Mowshowitz served in Albany NY prior to his going to Hartford, his son R’ Yiroel was ordained in RIETS in 1938 and was installed as Rabbi in Durham, NC.
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=12094&st=&pgnum=22
9 curios // Dec 8, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Reb Yisroel was later in the Bronx.
He had a son R’ Yosef who was also in the Bronx.
10 YD Miller // Dec 8, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Based on dates I think there were two R’ Yisroel Mowshowitz here, the one from the Bronx was prior to that in Trenton NJ and when he went to the Bronx, Reb Yaakov Kantrowitz took his position in Trenton, that was back in 1928.
The R’ Yisroel who was the son of Reb Shmuel Yaakov and was ordained in 1938, became the son-in-law of the Meicheter Illui R’ Shlomo Poliatchek and served in Durham NC.
I also find a R’ Yisroel Mowshowitz who was Mashgiach in Bialistock and came to the US in 1940.
11 Rabbi Stern // Dec 8, 2010 at 1:31 pm
He has two famous grandchildren:
Rav Chaim Gibber, the Rosh Kollel of the Minneapolis Community Kollel and
Rav Eliezer Gibber, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedola of Providence, RI
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