Chief Rabbi of Scranton and Lackawanna County
d. 6 Cheshvan, 1966 (5227)
Rav Guterman introduced a daily Gemara Shiur (lecture) in 1911 which ran for over 50 years, a ground breaking concept here in the United States at that time.
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Dalton Jewish Cemetery
Shoemaker Road
Dalton, PA 18414
(Section: Linden, up the hill on the right side.) 
Rabbi Elchonon Tzvi (Henry) Guterman
August 22nd, 2010 · 3 Comments
Tags: Chief Rabbi · Pennsylvania · Scranton, PA
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1 Amoulige Scrantoner // Aug 29, 2010 at 3:33 pm
R’ Moshe Feinstein mentions him in at least one of his teshuvos (about mechitza and Bima B’Emtza) (paraphrasing) “no need to be writing to me, you have an esteemed Rav in your own town and you can be comfortable with his Psak”.
My Father OB”M was a Shochet in Scranton recieved his kabballa from him in the 1950’s and my parents being immigrants with no older relatives asked him to be my Sandek. I remember him well though he was niftar when I was very young. He would visit us at the Scranton Hebrew Day School and “farher” all of the classes. Always had a warm smile. Older folks could probably shed a lot more light. Probably a great subject for a biography especially in how he related to the greater community, Jewish and Gentile.
2 asher // Jan 13, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Picture of Rabbi Guterman z”l on page 19
http://books.google.com/books?id=ffOw_OQnG3wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=JEWS+OF+SCRANTON&source=bl&ots=T9AM7WGxzl&sig=92A3BZPQMPID1AjYzPM8qqmbTNU&hl=en&ei=BDovTaapN4qtgQfx7dBb&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
3 Farshlufen // Jan 13, 2011 at 3:22 pm
http://books.google.com/books?id=ffOw_OQnG3wC&lpg=PP1&ots=T9AM7WGxzl&dq=JEWS%20OF%20SCRANTON&pg=PA19#v=onepage&q&f=false
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