Kevarim of Tzadikim in North America

Rabbi Mordechai Aharon Kaplan

מרדכי אהרן ב"ר הכהן

Rav, Congregation Nachlas Tzvi, Harlem

Date 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.


Credit: Yitzchok Shteierman, Borough Park, Brooklyn

Credit: Yitzchok Shteierman, Borough Park, Brooklyn


Credit: Yitzchok Shteierman, Borough Park, Brooklyn

Credit: Yitzchok Shteierman, Borough Park, Brooklyn


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