Rebbe Yaakov Yitzchok Spiegel
יעקב יצחק ב"ר משה מנחם
Ostrov Kalushiner Rebbe of the Lower East SideDate of Death:
Mon. July 9, 2001 -
Tammuz 18 5761
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Directions to Kever: Beth Israel Cemetery in Woodbridge, NJ maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Location: Speigel Family Plot
Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption: The Rebbe, along with his father Ostrov Kalushiner Rebbe (d. 1982), Credit: Credit: Binim Lieberson
Photo Caption: Talmud Torah Shaarei Shomayim 95 Rivington Street on the Lower East Side as it stands today (2021), Credit: Google
Photo Caption: Talmud Torah Shaarei Shomayim c.1960, Credit: Screenshot from a video, Needed
Bio Information:
The Rebbe headed the Romanian Shul, Shaarei Shomayim on the Lower East Side for many years.
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How is he related to the Osrtrov Kaleshiner in Cedarhurst? Also, there is another Spiegal in Lawrence who is the son of a different Ostrov Kaleshiner Rebbe.
He was a first cousin.
His Father Reb Moshe Menachem Spiegel of Ostrov-Kaloshin is also buried in the same family plot in Woodbridge, NJ:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104060599
Here is a photo of Rabbi Moshe Manachem of Ostrov-Kalushin
https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.geni.com/p13/8d/f2/a7/e9/5344483fae1e09fc/img225_medium.jpg
the picture shown is not of r’moshe menachem spiegel ztl; it is r’pinchos eloyohu spiegel ztl his younger brother.
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rabbi avrohom spiegel of lawrence , who is alive and well, is the only living sibling of rabbi moshe menachem spiegel ztl. he is the brother of rabbi yaakov yitzchok spiegel ztl of the lower east side.
here is a book about him
http://www.feldheim.com/the-rabbi-from-the-lower-east-side.html
Welcome to the Romanisher Shul on Rivington Street, open since 1885.
Come in and meet the Rav…
Born into a distinguished rabbinic family, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Spiegel, after studying under Rav Aharon Kotler and Rav Moshe Feinstein, went on to forge his own greatness as a Torah leader, culminating in his appointment as Rabbi of the famed Romanisher Shul on New York’s Lower East Side.
Here is a book that will transport you to one of the most legendary neighborhoods in the world as it delights you with the many warm, uplifting stories, anecdotes, vignettes, and insights surrounding the life of Rabbi Spiegel.
Filled with fascinating characters, photographs, and featuring a unique history of the Jewish Lower East Side going back to 1654, this evocative text bustles – not only with the sights and sounds of Lower Manhattan – but with the spiritual energy and generosity of one remarkable man
Here was rabbi with a heart, sweet, charming, funny and deep in his skin. I knew him, and he was giant of an adventurous being. Lists were not his desire he felt the universal principle of being an open zaddick, he died in a time of deceptive corruption , and I shed a thousand tears. For he was the only Jewish rabbi I will ever have deep love for.