Rabbi Avroham Shaffner
אברהם ב"ר קלונימוס קלמן הכהן
Author, Tzror HaMor, Chicago, IllinoisDate of Death:
Sun. July 12, 1891 -
Tammuz 6 5651
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Directions to Kever: Located on Chicago's North Side, Jewish Graceland should not be confused with the larger Graceland Cemetery locate a block away. Location: Gate 3 Section 1 Row 13 Lot 51 Grave 3
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Abraham Shaffner
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Photo Caption: Rabbi Avroham Shaffner, Source: University of Illinois Library
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Jewish Graceland Cemetery was founded in 1851 by the Hebrew Benevolent Society. It is one of Chicago’s oldest existing cemeteries, pre-dating Wunder’s, Graceland, Rosehill and Oak Woods. It is the oldest existing Jewish cemetery in Chicago.
Originally four separate Jewish cemeteries, it was named “Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery”. However, after the famous Graceland Cemetery opened one block north, local residents nicknamed Hebrew Benevolent “Jewish Graceland Cemetery”, and the name stuck.
Abraham Shaffner wrote one of the earliest sefarim printed in Chicago in 1887 when he was 82. The sefer has two parts, the first discusses the persona and impact of the great benefactor Rabbi Moses Montefiore, and the second discusses a number of pesukim and mamarei Chazal.
In the haskamos they rabbis write how amazing it is that there is someone who despite being a businessman, is still able to devote himself to learning Torah.