Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi Epstein
צבי יעקב ב"ר שמעון
Rav, Congregation Beth Hakneses Hachodosh, Rochester, NYDate of Death:
Sun. January 16, 1910 -
Shevat 6 5670
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Directions to Kever: Britton Road Cemetery in Rochester, New York, Location: Ohel
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Obit for hisSon Rabbi Betzalel from Cincineti.
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C11F83E55157A93C1A91782D85F4C8385F9
It’s in the same Beis Hachaim where Reb Yona Landau takes people to the Kever of Reb Yechiel Meir Bergman.
I passed through Rochester last summer and stopped for Mincha / Maariv on my way to Toronto, it’s a beautiful, big shule and most importune still very active. The Rav and congregants were very welcoming and friendly. I still remember that it was very hot and the A/C was broken (hopefully by now it was fixed).
http://www.congbhh.org/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=41382997
His son Rabbi Avrohom Betzalel Epstien (Born 1877) served as Rabbi in Cincinati, OH on the place of Rabbi Lesser and some other congregations during his life.
He came from Russia in 1925 (Estonia) where he served as Rabbi in a town named Revel (known today as Tallinn, Estonia)
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=27652&st=&pgnum=155&hilite=
Farshlufen,
Nothing more on the Find-a-grave website, is it possible that he was called Rabbi Jacob H. Epstien? I find a Jewish School in Rochester-Syracuse area by that name but have not had any luck locating the person after who it was named.
If this is true then he had another son Joseph Epstien who lived in Israel and co-authored the book “The Rav: the world of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik”
Rav Tzvi Yaakov Epstein, z”l (1849-1910) was my great-great-great grandfather. He had 9 children. One son was Rav Bezalel (Avrohom Bezalel) Epstein (1878-1938) of Estonia and later Cincinnati, OH (as noted by YD Miller above) and one son-in-law (husband of his daughter Chaya Mushe) was Rav Abraham (Avrohom Chaim) Goodman (1869 – 1931) of Butler, PA.
YD Miller,
Yasher koach on that link! I haven’t seen that before. As far as the Rabbi Jacob H. Epstein school, I do not think it is the same person.
Chaim Perachia,
Was Rav Betzalel Epstien your GGG-Father? what else do you know on the family history?
YD Miller,
No, Rav Abraham Goodman was my GGGfather. Please contact me directly at chaimperachiaAT gmail.com (replace “AT” with “@”).
I am the granddaughter of Rabbi B. A. Epstein who lived in Cincinnati and is buried there. I am the daughter of his oldest child, Esther, who married Joseph Fish.
all of the above post re: Rabbi Jacob Epstein are guesses, not based on facts, that have any relevence to him, except that the school in Syracuse is named in his memory. He was a Skokie musmach, a descendant of 7 generations of Yerushalmi’s and served the Traditional Shul in Syracuse until his sudden death in 1973 and he is buried in Israel. None of these Epsteins have any connection to him. His son, Joseph, was a musmach of YU and Rav Soloveitchik, and yes, he does live in Har Nof, Israel.
Rochester and Syracuse have no relationship except that they are in the same region of NY State, but are as far apart as teh Catskills are from Brooklyn.
Rav Tzvi Yaakov b’ Rav Shimon Epstein was my great great grandfather. He indeed lived in Rochester and was a rabbi at Beth Hakneses Hachodosh for about six years until he died on 6 Shevat 1910. He moved there from Duluth, MN, where he had served as a rabbi for a short time. I have the translation from a rubbing of his gravestone which a cousin of mine did many years ago. I also have a portrait of his father, Rav Shimon Epstein. My mother, who grew up in Cincinnati, also remembers her great uncle, Rav Betsalel Epstein, his wife, Chana Malke (whom she called “Tante Malke”) and their family. Feel free to contact me if I can help you with any more information. P.S. Warm regards to Miriam Reisman from your cousin Joyce (my mother).