Rabbi Betzalel Rosen
בצלאל ב"ר אברהם דוד הלוי
Rav, Lower East Side, New York CityDate of Death:
Sun. November 3, 1929 -
Tishrei 30 5960
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Rabbi Rosen, a prominent member of the Agudath HaRabonim was an expert on Kosher Certification (Kashrus).
Photo Caption: Rabbi Betzalel Rosen, Credit: Larry Kessler
Credit: MCA
Source: Ohale Shem
Source: Tugblat (Jewish Daily News), March 11, 1918
Credit: IFJCAH
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ר’ בצלאל ראזען נולד בשנת תרל”א בעיר טארנאפאל, היה נצר מגזע השל”ה, למד אצל בעל ה’מחנת חינוך’ אבד”ק טארנאפאל, ואח”כ אצל ה’כתב סופר’, נסמך להוראה מרבותיו הנ”ל ומהגאון בעל שו”ת ‘נטע שורק’, בשנת תרס”א בא לאמעריקא ונתקבל לרב בבהמ”ד הגדול ‘שערי שמים’ ליוצאי רומעניע, היה לו ספרים שו”ת מסודרים לדפוס שלא ראו אור.
נפטר ל’ תשרי תרפ”ט.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-03-30/ed-1/seq-5/
Certificate of Kahrus by Rabbi Rosen in 1926:
http://www.artfact.com/photoPopup.cfm?sh=1&img=20617195&rh=F779477650341508DF92677712FC67C1
Rabbi Rosen in connection to the Prohibition act and Paasover wine from the NY Tribune 3/30/1921:
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-03-30/ed-1/seq-5/;words=rabbi+Rosen
Harav z”l was my great grandfather
Rabbi Bezalel Rosen was my great grandfather. Thank you so much for the post.
About his son Aaron Zvi Rosen:
http://archive.org/stream/nybc200693#page/n60/mode/2up
His son Aaron Rosen composed his headstone.
I noticed a comment on the Maxwell House video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCpOmKnb4OM
Harav Hagaon Bezallel Rosen. He wrote the Hechsheer, and determined that the coffee bean was a fruit, making coffee kosher for passover for jews all over the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCpOmKnb4OM&lc=UgiMPvspyKoXr3gCoAEC
See also https://blogs.yu.edu/library/2019/04/17/coffee-for-passover-the-maxwell-house-haggadah-in-the-american-jewish-home-1932-and-beyond/
Maxwell House was still produced by Cheek-Neal in 1926 when the the company offered a free booklet in Yiddish, “Vi azoy tsu makn a gute kupe koffee” (MZ, 3-22-26) in conjunction with an ad that the coffee was kosher for Passover, under the supervision of Rabbi Bezalel Rosen of New York.
The brown-and-white photo here appears to be in the booklet
https://blogs.yu.edu/library/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2019/04/roll-84-11-MZ-3-22-26-p-14-sm-.jpg