Rabbi Aaron Weiss
אהרן ב״ר ישראל מאיר
Rav, New YorkDate of Death:
Thu. October 13, 1960 -
Tishrei 22 5721
Shmini Atzeres
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Biographical Notes:
Credit: Asher Lowy, Lakewood, NJ
Credit: Asher Lowy, Lakewood, NJ
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He was born in Slovakia and there he married the daughter of Rav Yitzchok Schweiger, rosh yeshiva and dayan for some 50 years in Topolcany, a talmid of the Ksav Sofer. Rav Weiss became a noted chazzan in Germany, serving in the orthodox shul of Breslau. He raised 5 children. 2 of his sons went to Mir, becoming talmidim of Reb Yerucham Levovits. Rav Yitzchok Zev became rav of Basel, Switzerland while Rav Shamshon Raphael became a noted askan as head of the Young Israel and the OU. Chazzan Weiss was able to immigrate to Canada in 1939, becaming a chazzan in Ottawa. After moving to the United States, he was offered a job in the New York Opera, which he turned down due to shemiras shabbos concerns. A number of years before his death he suffered a stroke and was forced to retire from chazzanus. He retired to Lakewood, spending his final years learning in Rav Ahron’ Kotler’s then fledgeling yeshiva.
Correction to my previous comment. Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Weiss served rav of Zurich, not Basel