Rabbi Mordechai Aharon Kaplan
מרדכי אהרן ב"ר הכהן
Rav, Congregation Nachlas Tzvi, HarlemDate of Death:
Tue. February 20, 1951 -
Shevat 23 5701
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Directions to Kever: New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon on Long Island should not be confused with Old Montefiore Cemetery in Springfield Gardens, Queens. Location: Interment #: M8171, Block: 16, Grave: 2, Section: 3, Society Name: CONG HEBREW SCHOOL SONS OF JUDAH
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: KAPLAN, MORDECAI
Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption: (L-R) Rav Mendel Hochstein (white coat), Rav Kapaln, Rav Avroham Aaron Yudelovitch, Rav Binyamin Levy, Mr. Tzvi Hirsch Manischevitz, c. 1921, Credit: Yitzchok Shteierman, Borough Park, Brooklyn
Photo Caption: Rav Kaplan, Credit: Yitzchok Shteierman, Borough Park, Brooklyn
Credit: IFJCAH
Source: The Jewish Morning Journal, November 19, 1922
Hapardis obituary for Rav Kaplan:
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Hamodia article on Rav Kapaln:
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Bio Information:
The Rav, a prominent member of the Agudath Harabonim was also the Moreh Dasrah of Congregation Bnai Yehuda, Brooklyn on 16th Avenue (53rd Street) in Borough Park . He was also among the over 400 Rabbanim and Admorim who on Erev Yom Kippur, 1943 marched on Washington demanding that the Roosevelt administration help save the Jews of Europe.
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It is believed that the Rabbi with the black beard (no glasses) is Rabbi Kaplan:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IC1swogp6gc/Rrd0i0U6FkI/AAAAAAAAAhk/rLOztPhl2Cw/s1600-h/matzos.jpg
Hi,
I have a handwritten letter from Rabbi Kaplan. On the letter it says Rav of Bnei Yehuda.
Maybe someone is interested??
Thanks,
Yossi Gross.
Someone ask the current Rabbi of Bnai Yehuda if he knows the whereabouts of Harav Kaplans burial place – he didn’t – he suggested googling the news archives – i wasn’t successful yet.
There’s a Mordechai Kaplan, obviously famous – wondering if he was related to him.
ר’ אשר על אותו מרדכי שזכרת,
בבחינת בין ארור המן לברוך מרדכי ודו”ק
http://kevarim.vohost.us/rabbi-avroham-aaron-yudelovitch/#comment-6400
http://hebrewbooks.org/pagefeed/hebrewbooks_org_3153_585.pdf
TX Farshlufen.
His english name was “Max Aaron Kaplan”
(I’ll post below a copy of his registration card)
His DOB: 1889
Wife: Bella
Residence: 1611 54th St (Brooklyn, NY)
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According to the Federal Census 1920 –
• he immigrated in 1906
• his MIL was Lena Shultz (they lived in same abode)
• had 3 children, Rose (7yo), Esther (5yo) and Shirley
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=12617&pgnum=33
ספרו רוח העת:
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=2635&pgnum=01
1951 is not the same year as 5701. Which year is the correct one?
The correct year is 1951 = 5711. The link at the top of this page points to his obituary from the March 1951 (אדר א-ב, תשי”א) issue of HaPardes.
Yossi Gross, if you still have the letter written by Rabbi Kaplan, I would love to get it for my husband, who is Rabbi Kaplan’s great grandson.
Could someone tell me if anything was written about Rabbi Kaplan impact on the Jewish community? Thanks, my father grew up in boro Park and his grandfathers aron Lippmann and Jacob Handelman were among the founders of the shul. My father however didn’t understand Yiddish. Thanks I’d appreciate information.
Malka – click on the links above for two extensive Hamodia articles in English. There is also material in “I Remember Boro Park”, by Dr. Kipust z”l.