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Rav, Slonimer Shteeble d. 24 Iyar, 1937 (5697) Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details. Directions to kever: Baron Hirsh Cemetery 1126 Richmond Avenue Staten Island, NY 10314 (718) 698-0162 Note: Cemetery access is available 24 hours a day. Location: Needed Photo Credit: David Weider, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Photo Credit: Institute For Judaic Culture and History (IFJCAH)

Photo Credit: Institute For Judaic Culture and History (IFJCAH)

Photo Credit: Institute For Judaic Culture and History (IFJCAH)

Bio Information: 
Historical Jewish Press April 1895 Page 5

Rav in New York City d. 29 Cheshvan, 1933 (5694) Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details. Directions to kever: Baron Hirsh Cemetery 1126 Richmond Ave Staten Island, NY 10314 (718) 698-0162 Note: Cemetery access is available 24 hours a day. Location: Needed

Bio Information:
The Rav also served on these shores in Utica, New York.

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Special thanks to Asher Lowy for is efforts to locate the kever.

Baal Mepnimi HaRambam d. 23 Elul, 1953 (5713) Isru Chag Shavuos Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details. Directions to kever: Baron Hirsh Cemetery 1126 Richmond Avenue Staten Island, NY 10314 (718) 698-0162 Note: Cemetery access is available 24 hours a day. Location: Needed Photo Credit: David […]

Most of the Jews living in Galicia were of Chasidic descent.

Rav, New York City d. 8 Av, 1930 (5690) Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details. Directions to kever: Baron Hirsh Cemetery 1126 Richmond Ave Staten Island, NY 10314 (718) 698-0162 Note: Cemetery access is available 24 hours a day. Location: NeededPhoto Credit: Shmule Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

Rav in New York City d. 8 Sivan, 1953 (5713) Isru Chag Shavuos Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details. Directions to kever: Baron Hirsh Cemetery 1126 Richmond Ave Staten Island, NY 10314 (718) 698-0162 Note: Cemetery access is available 24 hours a day. Location: Needed Photo […]

Rav, New York City d. 5 Adar, 1936  (5696) Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details. Directions to kever: Baron Hirsh Cemetery 1126 Richmond Avenue Staten Island, NY 10314 (718) 698-0162 Note: Cemetery access is available 24 hours a day. Location: Needed Photo Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, […]

Bio Information:
Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi Steiner was born c.1850 (or c.1842) which would make him Rebbe Shayala’s older brother who was born in 1851. He arrived on these shores from Hungary in 1891 and settled in New York City where he supplied Judaica items (Tefillin, Matzo, Esrogim est.) imported from Europe.


Photo Caption: Rabbi  Yehuda Tzvi’s brother, Rebbe Yeshaya Steiner, better known as Rebbe Shayele Kerestirer, d. 1925

Photo Caption: Kever of Rebbe Yeshaya Steiner in  Kerestir, Hungary, Credit: Elan Jaffa, Kew Gardens Hills, Queens

Photo Caption: Kever of Rebbe Yeshaya son Rebbe Avrohamele (d. 1927) who succeeded his father, Credit: Elan Jaffa, Kew Gardens Hills, Queens

Photo Caption: At the kever of Rabbi  Yehuda Tzvi Steiner on the yartzeit of his brother (3 Iyar), Rebbe Rebbe Yeshayale Kerestirer

Photo Caption: Kever of Rabbi  Yehuda Tzvi’s son Sigmund at the Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Glendale, Queens, Credit: Shmuel Botchy Amsel

Photo Caption: Kever of Rabbi  Yehuda Tzvi’s son Adolph at the Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Glendale, Queens, Credit: Shmuel Botchy Amsel

Baal Iggeres LeNavichim d. 15 Adar, 1996 (5756) Shushan Purim Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details. Directions to kever: Baron Hirsh Cemetery 1126 Richmond Avenue Staten Island, NY 10314 (718) 698-0162 Note: Cemetery access is available 24 hours a day. Location: Needed Photo Credit: Shmuel Amsel, […]

Photo Caption: Rav Avroham Tzvi Roshgolin (the Rav’s father) and his family, Credit: Needed

Bio Information: 
The Rav was born in Bklorie, Lithuania and studied in Radin under the saintly Chofetz Chaim. He later studied in the famed Volozhiner Yeshiva where he enjoyed a close relationship with both Rav Naphtali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin and Rav Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk. In 1922 he immigrated to the United States and served at various congregations in Statin Island, New York for over 20 years. Among the Rav’s seforim are Hegyonei Lev published in Jerusalem and Chikrei Lev published posthumously in New York City.