Rabbi Menachem Mendel Kastel
מנחם מענדיל ב"ר אלחנן
Rav, New York CityDate of Death:
Mon. August 19, 1940 -
Av 15 5700
Tu B'Av
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Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Name listed on marker: Mendel Kastel
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Who said that he was a Rav?
Good question. Nevertheless, it seems that he was a super erliche yid and we are talking here early 1900’s. There’s a Rav Mendel Kastel down in FL, but they are not related to him.
Farshlufen – on the top of the tombstone it says “P.N. (po nikbar) HaRabani HaMuflag, Y.E. (yrei Elokim), nichbad l’Makirav…..” = a flowery way of saying “Here lies the distinguished rabbi, G-d fearing, respected by those who knew him…..”. So I guess at least those who created the matzeiva considered him a rav.