Entries Tagged as 'Chicago, IL'
Rabbi Eliezer Paley
אליעזר ב"ר זאב וואלף
Rav, Congregation Agudas Yaakov, Chicago, ILDate of Death: Thu. September 30, 1982 -
Tishrei 13 5743
Tags: Chicago, IL · Illinois · Waldheim Cemetery - Chicago
Rabbi Eliezer Weisman
אליעזר ב"ר שמעון ליב
Rav, Congregation B'nei Ruven, Chicago, ILDate of Death: Fri. March 12, 1943 -
Adar II 5 5703
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Rabbi Eliyahu Avroham Regensberg
אליהו אברהם ב"ר דוב מנחם
Rav, Congregation Bnai Yisroel, Chicago, IllinoisDate of Death: Thu. December 8, 1955 -
Kiselv 23 5716
Photo Caption: Short Bio
Photo Caption: Rav Eliyahu Avrohma Regensberg, Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America
Photo Caption: Rav Dov Menachem Regensburg (HY”D) of Zambrova, Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America
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Rabbi Eliyahu Pearlman
אליהו ב"ר אר' צבי
Rav, Congregation Binai Yisroel, Chicago, ILDate of Death: Thu. August 31, 1967 -
Av 25 5727
The Rav’s brother, Rav Yerucham Fischel Perla, was well-known for his commentary on Sefer Ha’mitzvot by Rav Saadiah Gaon. A third brother, Rav Dovid, served in the Bronx.
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Rabbi Eliyahu Trotsky
Moreh Dasrah, Cong. HaGra Anshei Villna, Chicago, IL d. 23 Cheshvan, 1927 (5688) In addition to being its Moreh Dasrah the Rav was among its founders. Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details. Directions to kever: Waldheim Cemetery 1400 Des Plaines Avenue Forest Park, IL 60130 708-366-4541 […]
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Rabbi Ephraim Epstein
אפרים ב"ר צבי חיים
Rav, Congregation Knesses Yisrael, Chicago, IllinoisDate of Death: Thu. July 14, 1960 -
Tammuz 19 5720
Photo Caption: Rav Ephraim Epstein, Credit: Needed
Photo Caption: Rav Ephraim Epstein, Credit: Needed
Photo Caption: Rav Epstein’s son, Aron Dovid HY”D who was murder during the Chevron / Hebron Massacre of 1929, Credit: IFJCAH
Credit: Institute For Judai Culture and History (IFJCAH)
Photo Caption: Rav Epstein’s brother, Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein, Rosh Yeshiva Slabodka (Chevron)
Bio Information:
The Rav was born in 1876 and was the brother of the famous Chevron Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Moshe Mordechai. The Rav was ordained by Rav Yaakov Dovid Willowsky (RYDV”Z) of Slutsk and later Boston, Rav Yechiel Michel Epstein the Baal Aruch ha-Shulchan, Rav Yitzchak Yaakov Reines of Lida and many others. The Rav passed away in Chicago where he was interred.
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Rabbi Ephraim Mallach
אפרים ב"ר יעקב
Rav, Chicago, ILDate of Death: Mon. February 9, 1942 -
Shevat 22 5702
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Rabbi Ezriel Epstein
עזריאל ב"ר יהודה ליב
Rav, Chicago, IllinoisDate of Death: Wed. June 29, 1938 -
Sivan 30 5998
Rosh Codesh Tammuz
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Reverend Ignatz Jacob Kunreuther
אשר ב"ר נפתלי הלוי
Rav, Kehilath Anshe Maarav (KAM), Chicago, IllinoisDate of Death: Fri. June 27, 1884 -
Tammuz 4 5644
Photo Caption: Rev Ignatz Jacob Kunreuther, Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America
Photo Caption: Rav Naftali Halavi Kunreuthrt, Cheif Rabbi, Glenhausen, Germany (Glenhausen is a suburb of Frankfurt am Main), Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America.
Photo Caption: Abraham Kohn (see bio below) and Rev Ignatz Jacob Kunreuther, Credit: The Jews of Chicago, Cutler
Credit: Chicago Rabbis: Visionaries, and Leaders
Tags: Chicago, IL · Illinois · Pre 1900
Rabbi Leib Yitzchok Tarshish
Marbitz Torah, Chicago, IL d. 12 Adar I, 2005 (5765) The Rav was born 1933 and studied at Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn where he was ordained by Rav Avroham Kalmanowitz. His then study partner Shmuel Birnbaum, would later become the Rosh Yeshiva at that institution. The Rav also studied at Bais Medrash Govoah in Lakewood and Kollel […]
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Rabbi Matisyau Gordon
מתתיהו ב"ר שמשון
Rav, St. Louis, MissouriDate of Death: Mon. May 1, 1944 -
Iyar 18 5704
Lag Baomer
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Rabbi Meir (Meyer) Berenson
Rav, Chicago, IL d. 5 Shevat, 1945 (5705) Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details. Directions to kever: Waldheim Cemetery 1400 Des Plaines Avenue Forest Park, IL 60130 708-366-4575 Location: Need Photo Credit: Jim Craig
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Rabbi Meir Shimon Poppers
שמעון ב"ר
Rav, Chicago, Illinois (More Information Needed)Date of Death: Mon. November 5, 2018 -
Needed
d. 1879
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Rabbi Menachem Nachum Feldman
מנחם נחום ב"ר חיים צבי
Chief Rabbi, Omaha, NebraskaDate of Death: Mon. October 25, 1965 -
Tishrei 29 5726
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Rabbi Mordecai Landa
מרדכי ב"ר קלונימוס קלמן הלוי
Rav, Chicago, IllinoisDate of Death: Thu. February 14, 1963 -
Shevat 20 5723
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Rabbi Mordechai Rogow
מרדכי ב"ר בנימין
Rosh Yeshiva, Bais Medrash L’Torah, (Hebrew Theological College), Skokie, IllinoisDate of Death: Wed. November 20, 1968 -
Cheshvan 29 5729
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Rabbi Mordecai Zevin
מרדכי ב"ר יצחק
Rav, Anshe Libovitz, Chicago, ILDate of Death: Fri. July 27, 1923 -
Av 14 5683
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Rabbi Mordechai Leib Shelinsky
מרדכי ליב ב"ר יחאל שרגא
Rav, Chicago, ILDate of Death: Fri. April 20, 1928 -
Nissan 30 5688
Rosh Chodesh
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Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Lissner
משה שמואל ב"ר מענדל יצחק
Rav, Maywood, ILDate of Death: Sat. November 30, 1946 -
Kislev 7 5707
Maywood, a suburb of western Chicago was the only village outside the city which allowed Jew to own property during the 19 century. Today, Maywood does not have a Jewish presence.
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Rabbi Moshe Zev Kahan
משה זאב ב"ר שאול הכהן
Rav, Tiferes Tzion, Chicago, IllinoisDate of Death: Thu. March 28, 1957 -
Adar II 25 5717
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Rabbi Nachman Dov Ettelsohn
נחמן דוב ב"ר ברוך
Rav, Chicago, IllinoisDate of Death: Thu. March 25, 1920 -
Nissan 6 5680
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Rabbi Nechemiah Robinson
נחמיה ב"ר יהושע
Rav, Beth Shalom, Chicago, ILDate of Death: Wed. January 11, 1956 -
Teves 27 5716
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Rabbi Nissin Zev Budzinsky
Rav, Chicago, IL d. 4 Cheshvan, 1945 (5706) Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details. Directions to kever: Waldheim Cemetery 1400 Des Plaines Avenue Forest Park, IL 60130 708-366-4575 Location: Needed Photo Credit: Jim Craig
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Rabbi Nisson Yablonsky
ניסן ב"ר עזריאל זעליג
Rosh Yeshiva, Bais Medrash l' Torah, ChicagoDate of Death: Sun. February 19, 1928 -
Shevat 28 5688
Photo Caption: Rav Nisson Yablonsky, Credit: Hebrew Theological College
Photo Caption: Advertisement announcing the arrival of Rav Yablonsky to these shores, Credit:
Bio Information:
Rav Yablonsky of Stavisky, Poland was born in 1876 and was the first Rosh Yeshiva of Bais Medrash l’ Torah (Hebrew Theological College). An outstanding talmidim of Slabodka, he was accepted as Rav of Slabodka in 1908 and later as Rosh Yeshiva of Slabodka. He was active in rescue of the Yeshiva in the aftermath of World War I. He came to America in 1922 and was immediately recruited by Rabbi Rubenstein to be the Rosh HaYeshiva of Beis HaMidrash L’Torah. He passed away suddenly on the 28th of Shevat 5688 at the age of 52. Some of his shiurim were published posthumously by his talmidim as the sefer נצני ניסן
Source: Hebrew Theological College
Tags: Chicago, IL · Illinois · Rosh Yeshiva · Waldheim Cemetery - Chicago
Rabbi Peretz Dissen
Rav, Chicago, IL d. 17 Teves, 1950 (5711) Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details. Directions to kever: Waldheim Cemetery 1400 Des Plaines Avenue Forest Park, IL 60130 708-366-4575 Location: NeededPhoto Credit: Jim Craig
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Rabbi Pinchos Turman
פינחס ב"ר משה
Rav, Tiferes Tzion, Chicago, IllinoisDate of Death: Wed. July 9, 1913 -
Tammuz 4 5673
Bio Information:
Prior to Chicago, Rav Turman served in Baltimore, Maryland and Trenton, New Jeresy
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Rabbi Shabsi Bresler
שבתי ב״ר מרדכי
Rav, Chicago, IllinoisDate of Death: Thu. April 29, 1909 -
Iyyar 8 5669
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Rabbi Shabsi Rabinowitz
שבתי ב"ר יהודה ליב
Rav, Chicago, IllinoisDate of Death: Sun. September 24, 1916 -
Elul 26 5676
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Rabbi Shaul Mendel Silber
שאול מנדל ב"ר יעקב מיכאל
Rav, Congregation Anshe Shalom, ChicagoDate of Death: Sun. September 1, 1946 -
Elul 5 5706
Bio Information:
Rav Silber also sever as president at Hebrew Theological College – Bais Hamedrash L’Torah.
Photo Caption: Rabbi Shaul Silber, Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America’s Archives
Credit: Booth Library,Charleston, IL
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Rabbi Shimon Glass
שמעון ב"ר יום טוב הלוי
Rav, Anshei Emes, Chicago, ILDate of Death: Thu. June 13, 1912 -
Sivan 27 5672
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