Rabbi Binyamin Levy
בנימין ב"ר ישראל יצחק הלוי
Rav, Ahavas Avroham Bnai Kula, New York CityDate of Death:
Sun. October 5, 1924 -
Tishrei 6 5685
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Directions to Kever: Mount Judah Cemetery in Rifgewood, Queens maintains computerized records and will provided a detailed location map upon request. Location: Section: 2 (office side), Path 20, to, towards the front of the cemetery, alongside Rav Elchanon Shalom Jaffe
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: LEVY, BENJAMIN
Biographical Notes:
Photo caption: Rav Binyamin Levy, Credit: Mordecai Turoff
Photo Caption: (L-R) Rav Mendel Hochstein (white coat), Rav Mordechai Aaron Kapaln, Rav Avroham Aaron Yudelovitch, Rav Binyamin Levy, Mr. Tzvi Hirsch Manischevitz, c. 1921, Credit: Yitzchok Shteierman, Borough Park, Brooklyn
Photo Caption: The Rav’s personal copy of Igeres Hamusar from Rav Yisroel Salanter d. 1883, Credit: Institute For Judaic Culture and History
Source: Jewish Morning Journal, 1916
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His Father’s Sefer:
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/14168
The Rav’s Stamp:
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Rav Y.D Miller
Was rabbi levy a brother of reb shia halevi zambrovski rov of syrycause-buffalo because they both have the same name for their father who was a dayan in warsaw
M Kennedy, Yes, See here:
http://kevarim.vohost.us/rabbi-eliezer-elimelech-zambrowsky/#comment-34026
Ten Benyamin served as Rav in the Anshei Lavitch and Sochotchov shul in NYC
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=2307&st=&pgnum=6
I think it’s Leuvitch which was near Sochatchov.
he was our Zayde, was niftar in 1924 leaving a widow with 5 children to support.
http://jpress.nli.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?parm=HMFmCSHLifcCiNQ%2F2YCFPcpyIPIJR9m3e4gnjgpOrHuyVNzq4EVDGr9bpYIqAxQAYw%3D%3D&mode=image&href=TJM%2F1920%2F09%2F02&page=3&rtl=true