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Rabbi Yaakov Menachem Sokol

by | Aug 18, 2010 | Beth David Cemetery - Long Island, New York, Queens / L.I., NY, Rosh Yeshiva | 6 comments

Rabbi Yaakov Menachem Sokol

יעקב מנחם ב"ר ברוך מרדכי

Rav, Vernon Avenue Synagogue of Brooklyn

Date of Death: Sun. November 21, 1937 - Chesvan 17 5698

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Cemetery Details
83-84 Liberty Avenue
Ozone Park, NY 11417
United States

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Notes: It should be noted that Acacia, Bayside and Mokom Sholom are three independent cemeteries and while Acacia and Mokom Sholom are under the same management umbrella, Bayside is independently owned and operated. The cemeteries run along Pitkin and Liberty Av

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Biographical Notes:

Sokol Yaakov Menachem pic
Photo Caption: Rabbi Yaakov Menachem Sokol along with part of his family c. 1915 in Brisk Poland, left to right daughter Adele Frank who lived in New York, son Nachman who lived in Toronto, Rabbi Sokol, Rebbetzin Gitel Sokol, and a daughter whose name unknown to me. Of his children, two daughters Mindel and Scheindel, and a son Shmuel perished in the Holocaust HY”D, Credit: Reuben Sokol
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Photo Caption: Rabbi Yaakov Menachem Sokol c.1930, Credit: Reuben Sokol

Source: Sefer Hazichronos Page 338

Bio Information: 
Rav Sokol, a rabbinical ordination student of Rav Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk headed a Yeshiva in Los Angeles proper to moving to New York where he led a large congregation in Brooklyn., Avroham Moshe (Adam) Sokol of Kew Gardens Hills, a noted Asken and philanthropist, is among his descendants.

 


Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY



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6 Comments

  1. AS
    AS on December 24, 2010 at 1:58 am

    thanks for this info.
    this is my great-grandfather

  2. YD Miller
    YD Miller on December 26, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    AS<

    Any biographical info on your GG-Father? his father lived in Biala-Podolsk coming from Brisk

  3. Reuben Sokol
    Reuben Sokol on June 1, 2012 at 12:56 pm

    My step father Nachman Sokol was the son of Rabbi Yaakov Menachem Sokol listed here. I was told that Rabbi Sokol received his smicha or rabbinical ordination from Rabbi Velvel Soleveitchik who was related to Rabbi Chaim, though he did indeed study at the famous Brisker Yeshiva.

  4. YD Miller
    YD Miller on June 3, 2012 at 2:59 pm

    Reb Velevel Soloveitchik is probably the famous Brisker Rav son and successor of Reb Chaim.

  5. Reuben Sokol
    Reuben Sokol on March 2, 2013 at 10:16 pm

    my brother thinks Rabbi Yaakov Menachem Sokol did indeed get smicha from Rabbi Chaim of Brisk, yet my father mentioned Rabbi Velvel a lot, never Rabbi Chaim, so maybe Rabbi Yaakov Menachem Sokol studied with Rabbi Velvel or knew him on a first name basis

  6. Moshe
    Moshe on September 9, 2025 at 1:59 pm

    There is a lot of info about R’ Sokol in Sefer Hazichronos (pages 211-234) ,a book of memoirs written by his friend and mechutan I H Frank

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