Rabbi Chaim Modechai Lasker
חיים מרדכי ב"ר זאב דוב
Rav, Beth Tephilah Synagogue, Troy, New YorkDate of Death:
Mon. August 29, 1932 -
Av 27 5692
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Directions to Kever: Elmwood Hills Cemetery in Troy, New York is a nonsectarian cemetery. The Jewish sections are located towards the back of the cemetery: Location: Beth Tephilah Synagogue section.
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Name listed on marker: Rabbi Hyman M. Lasker
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Photo Caption: Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Lasker, Credit: Needed
Photo Caption: Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Lasker, Credit: Elisheva Morrison, Troy, New York
Photo Caption: Beth Tephilah Synagogue, Troy, New York, Credit: Elisheva Morrison
Photo Caption: List of those who rabbinated in Troy of the years, Source: Unknown
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The shul in Troy was recently declared a landmark. It was built in 1909. In the early years Rabbi Lasker gave a passionate speech about the importance of having a mikve. Shortly afterwards, one was built.
A very intriguing issue – who was Rabbi Lasker’s grandfather …
Where is or was the closest Mikvah in or around Troy? I once read that the Malacha’s son had one in Albany, did that cover Troy as well.
Did Rabbi Lasker write any seforim? Or were any sermons published? My great geandpatents attended his shul in Troy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Had not been aware if this website before or would have responded sooner. I see the queries about Rabbi Lasker are a number of years old. I can fill in some of the information about him if it is still helpful. He was my great grandfather.
I probably do have the information about his grandfathers (albeit not sure what the “intriguing issue” reference refers to). While we have some books he owned, he did not, to my knowledge, publish any books.nor does our family have copies of his sermons. He came from Poland served briefly as a rabbi in Canada then came to tTroy. Clearly from press clippings in our family files he was a major presence, an early Zionist — and his wife was an active presence in her own right. You can find some information in this piece: https://newyorkhistoryreviewarticles.blogspot.com/2021/01/jews-of-troy-1850-1950.html
David Saperstein