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• 1 Chabad // Nov 11, 2008 at 5:16 pm

  The Malach was a close disciple of the Tzemach Tzedek, Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson (d. 1866) before leaving to America in the 1920’s. He was also a close friend of Rav Yaakov Moshe Shurkin of Chaim Berlin.

• 2 Cheskel // Nov 12, 2008 at 12:30 am

  Mistake, he was born the year the Tzemach Tzedek was niftar.

• 3 Baruch A // Nov 12, 2008 at 3:52 pm

  According to the cemetery records The Malach was 77 at the time of his passing which would mean that at the time of the Tzemach Tzedek’s passing he was at the most, 6 years old. He was probably a talmid (student) of Rebbe Sholom Dovber Schneersohn the Rebbe Rashab.

• 4 Cheskel // Nov 13, 2008 at 9:30 am

  Are U sure it states 77 maybe it is 71, my source is the words of his only son, and even if your right U can’t call him a close disciple of the Tzemach Tzedek.

• 5 Baruch A // Nov 13, 2008 at 3:37 pm

  I’m not sure the origin of the Death Certificate information on record with the cemetery. Not that it make a difference, even if he was 77 he was still a little on the young side to have been a Talmud of the Tzemach Tzedek.
  Thank you,

• 6 Baruch A // Nov 13, 2008 at 4:20 pm

  Chabad:
  According to a friend of mine, who is an expert on Chabad history the Tzemach Tzedek suffered from acute multiple sclerosis and was partially paralyzed during the last 4 years of his life. Therefore, for the Malach to have been a talmid he would have to have been in his 90’s at the time of his passing (according to his Death Certificate he was 71 or 77). In any event, he was a talmid of Rebbe Shmuel of Lubavitch, the Tzemach Tzedek youngest son and successor.
  Thank you,

• 7 DF // Nov 13, 2008 at 8:27 pm

  The third name, “Dover” should read “Dov Ber”. The matzeivas of people with the name ?Dov Ber? are usually spelled with only 1 “beis” so it looks like one name, as you will see by the Rebbe Rayatz’s (Lubavitch) kever. It says “Yosef Yitzchok ben Sholom Dover”, although the name was “Sholom Dov Ber”. Since the last letter of Dov and the first letter of Ber is “beis”, it is written like this. I heard a reason for this once but don’t recall it at the moment. According to HaChassidus by Alfasi, he was a talmid of Reb Shmuel of Lubavitch. Keep up the great work.

• 8 moisheleh // Sep 1, 2009 at 10:39 pm

  the correct way is “Duber” same as the bais halevi Yosef Duber

• 9 Malach'te // Nov 15, 2010 at 11:23 pm

  I am a descendent of one of the malach’s talmidim. The malach was a very close talmid of the rashab, R’ Shalom ber of Lubavitch, the fifth Lubavitcher rebbe.

• 10 Baruch A // Jan 27, 2011 at 6:07 pm

  I was asked to post this:

  The Malach had an older brother (last name Cohen) who was both a Rav here in the States and in Belarus. The brother had already passed away when the The Malach arrived here in 1923.
  Anyone with information is asked to please send it in.

  As a side: The Malach changed his name to avoid the army and confiscation of his wedding dowry.

• 11 חב"ד // Jan 27, 2011 at 8:01 pm

  i didnt know that he changed his name but i know that he was a chohen כהן

• 12 YD Miller // Jan 28, 2011 at 12:52 pm

  the fact that they were Kohanim is mentioned on the Matzieve
  ר’ חיים אברהם דובער ב”ר שניאור זלמן “הכהן”
  The question is wether they used Cohen-Kohn as the family surname, and if there is any additional information on this brother, especially his given name.

• 13 YD Miller // Feb 2, 2011 at 11:56 am

  The mother of Rabbi Berel Levy (Father of Reb Don Yoel Levy of the OK Kashrus Org.) was a sister of the Malach RACD Levine.

  http://www.ok.org/Content.asp?ID=12

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