Rabbi Moshe Leib Luski
משה ליב ב"ר רפאל יהודה
Chief Rabbi, Svencion (Švenčionys), LithuaniaDate of Death:
Sun. September 7, 1941 -
Elul 15 5701
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Source: Hapardes
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Bio Information:
Rav Luski who passed away a few short months after his arrival in New York was among the prominent rabbanim of Poland.
Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY
Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY
Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY
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See image 109 in the Svencion Yizkor book, for a photo of Rav Luski:
http://yizkor.nypl.org/index.php?id=2008
He was the Rav of a large area in Poland, Shvintzian, before the war. He had three children – two sons and one daughter. His sons Pinchus and Meir predeceased him and his Rebbeyzin at going ages. The Rav, his Rebbeyzin and their daughter, Chaya Raizel, fled Europe with a contingent of Rabbanim that joined the Mirrer Yeshiva. The Rav was the leading spokesman of this group that ended up in Kobe Japan. He was one of the first to receive visas to leave for America . sadly he was niftar shortly after arrival in America. His daughter was married to Rav Yehuda Stamm son of Rav Yisroel Zev Stamm.
He came on the same boat from Japan to California, along with Rav Michel Feinstein, Rav Dovid Lifshitz, Rav Avraham Yaffin, Rav Moshe Shatzkes, Rav Moshe Mordechai Shkop and
Rav Avraham Levovitz.