Rabbi Binyamin Balzak
בנימן ב"ר דוד הלוי
Rav, Chicago, IllinoisDate of Death:
Tue. December 16, 1930 -
Kislev 26 5691
Chanukah
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Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Name listed on marker: Rabbi Benj Balzak
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Raphael Halperin – 1985 – Snippet view
825 רבי בנימין הלוי באלזאק מחכמי ארצות הברית. רב בשיקאגו. נולד ברוסיה בשנת תרט״ו ( 1855 ) בערך. נפטר בשיקאגו ביום כ״ו בכסלו תרצ״א ( 1931 ). מחבר הספר ״תורת האדם״. 826 רבי בנימין הלוי לוי מחכמי פולין־אשכנז. רבה של שיראדז לאחר מלחמת העולם …
The Rav who was originaly from Kiev, Ukraine was a leading preacher for Zionism and a prolific writer on contoversial topics between Judiasim and Christianity.
Hi faught hard against Missionary activity in the US and abroad by preaching and writing in variuos languages.
Farshlufen,
here is the full version of his Yiddish book titled “Judaism against Christianity”:
http://www.archive.org/details/nybc206060
it’s just a Yidish translation of his Toras Odom. (Balzek was originally from Borisovka of Poltave Gybernia )