Rabbi Moshe Binyamin Tomashoff
משה בנימון ב"ר אלכסנדר יהושע
Rav, Chevra Beth Israel, Brownsville, BrooklynDate of Death:
Wed. January 6, 1960 -
Teves 6 5720
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Directions to Kever: Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Location: Gate: 665/S, Block: 28, Row: 011R, Grave: 2, Society: Chevra Beth Israel of Brownsville
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: MOSES (RABBI) TOMASHOFF
Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption: Rav Moshe Binyamin Tomashoff, Credit: Needed
Photo Caption: Rav Moshe Binyamin Tomashoff (L) along Rav Yeshaya Karlinsky (C) Rav Chaim Fishel Epstein of St. Louis (R), Credit: MCA
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Photo Caption: Chevra Beth Israel of Brownsville as it stands today (2019) at 772 Sachman Street in Brooklyn, Credit: Google
Bio Information:
The Rav was a prominent member of the Agudath Harabonim.
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Long Biography, wriiten in 1959 when Rabbi Tomashoff turned 80 years old:
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=12750&st=&pgnum=46&hilite=
יום פטירתו ז’ טבת תש”כ
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60711FB3E5E1A7A93C5A9178AD85F448685F9
Rabbi Morris B. Tomashoff of Congregation Beth Israel ot Brownsville, 771 Sackman Street, Brooklyn, died yesterday in his home, 750 Sackman Street, .
Jan 7, 1960
TOMASHOFF, MORRIS BENJAMIN, rabbi;
b. Slutzk, Russia, March 3, 1878; d.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 6, I960; in U. S.
since 1913; rabbi Cong. Beth Israel of
Brownsville, B’klyn, N. Y. since 1914;
former hon. chmn. and v. pres. Union of
Orthodox Rabbis of the U. S. and Canada;
pres. Rabbin. Bd. of Brownsville and East
N. Y. since 1935; mem. exec. bd. Wa’ad
ha-Rabbanim of N. Y.; fdr., 1910, and
co-ed. Yagdil Torab; au. numerous works
on the rabbin, codes ind. Avne shoham
(four vols.; 1938-59), Tikkun gittin,
Migdal Torah
From:http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/1961_17_DirectoriesLists.pdf
page 63
(Credit- Y D Miller)
השגחתו על שחיטת עופות:
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=12029&pgnum=2
יגעתי ומצאתי:
http://www.montefiores.com/Montefiore/jewish-cemeteries-new-york/locator/visitorview.php?intnum=91020Interment #: 91020
Last Name: TOMASHOFF
First Name: RABBI MOSES
Age: 80
Date of Death: 1960-01-06
Gate: 665/S
Block: 28
Row: 011R
Grave: 2
Society Name: CHEVRA BETH ISRAEL OF BROWNSVILLE
Obit. and Hesped by Reb Nissen Telushkin in Hapardes 1960:
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=12210&st=&pgnum=42&hilite=
JUNE 6, 1934
Brooklyn Talmudical College Holds Its Annual Banquet
The Talmudical College of Brooklyn held its annual banquet at the Grand Paradise, 318 Grand street, Brooklyn, last night. Included among the speakers were Benjamin Weberman, chairman of the board of directors of the Yeshiva Torah Vadaas, Justice Benjamin “Greespan and Rabbis Graubarz, tomashoff, William Margolies and Linchler
From:
http://archive.jta.org/article/1934/06/06/2814369/brooklyn-talmudical-college-holds-its-annual-banquet
The Mabit, I believe Prof Blidstein is a grandson
http://goo.gl/FJrxY5
The Mabit’s grandson, Jerry Yakov Blidstein, taught at Be’er Sheva University. He was among Rav Soloveitchik’s greatest students and wrote extensively on the Mishne Torah.
Located my Grandparents marriage certificate April 3rd, 1928. Rabbi Morris Tomashoff officated. Both of my Grandparents were born in Slutzk, Russia as well.