Rabbi Moshe Tannenbaum
משה ב"ר אברהם אבא
Rav, Congregation Bais Avroham, East New York, BrooklynDate of Death:
Mon. July 27, 1936 -
Av 8 5696
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Name Listed on Cemetery Database: TANNENBAUM, MORRIS
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Bio Information:
Rav Tennenbaum was a member of the Council of Orthodox Rabbis or Degel Harabanim as it was known.
Photo Caption: Rav Moshe Tannenbaum, Credit: Joanne Moll
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Credit: Asher Lowy, Brooklyn, NY
Credit: Asher Lowy, Brooklyn, NY
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Rav Tannenbaum was my paternal great grandfather.he was also a mohel and shochet and for a while was a rav in scranto, pennsylvania.he received his smicha from rav kopel reich of budapest after learning in pressburg
Michael,
Was he from Rabbinic descent?
What else do you know about him?
after scranton lived in lower manhattan – i think east village. later had shul and moved to madison st in brooklyn. i don’t know further back, but i am interested. i think the family was from temeshvar (timisoara) was hungary now romania
also lived in lower manhattan – i think east village. later had shul and moved to madison st in brooklyn. i don’t know further back, but i am interested. i think the family was from temeshvar (timisoara) was hungary now romania
Michael,
Your GGF is one of the seven rabbis listed on the incorporation papers for the Degel HaRabbonim in October 1926. The others were Rabbis Yaakov Eskolsky (my GGF), Shmaryahu Leib Hurwitz, Shmuel Gerstenfeld (of RIETS), Leon Risikoff, Yosef Peimer and Fishel Newman.
He was also mentioned in their Degel Yisroel journal over 30 times.
Feel free to contact me at eskolskyinfo@yahoo.com
Hi.I’m seeking any further info on rabbi tannenbaum or about the org degelHorabbonim.What was their hashkafa? when did it disband?
re: DHR. Many of the rabbanim were also members of the Agudas Harabbanim (AHR) and there seemed to be an overlap in hashkafos with both being mainly Yiddish speaking immigrant rabbanim who learned in many of the same European yeshivos. The overarching goal of both was to strengthen Torah observance in America. I am over-simplifying here so to get a fuller sense of what the DHR was about one can view their official monthly Torah journal Degel Yisroel at:
http://hebrewbooks.org/13153 (for the year 1927)
http://hebrewbooks.org/13154 (for 1928)
http://hebrewbooks.org/13155 (for 1929-1930)
A hard copy reprint of this was published over 15 years ago by American Jewish Legacy (www.ajlegacy.org) with and English intro by Rabbi Dr. Moshe Sherman.
There were machloksim between the DHR and AHR in 1928 and 1929. In order to get a sense of what was going on then, you would need to examine the Degel Yisroel mentioned above (which supported the DHR), HaPardes (which supported the AHR) and articles in the Yiddish press of the time such as the Morgen Journal, etc.
While the DHR officially lasted in name until the 1950s, their main activity and impact seems more confined to the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Among some prominent names and connections to the DHR over the years (in addition to those mentioned above) are
R. Avraham Aharon Yudelovitch
R. Refoel Mordechai Barishansky
R. Aharon Dym
R. Mendel Chaim Landau, Zaviertze Rav
R. Menachem HaKohein Risikoff
R. Yaakov Yisrael Twersky (Hornosteipler Rebbe of Milwaukee – father of the well known rabbinical Twersky family there)
R. Aron Zlotowitz (father of R. Meir from Artscroll)
R. Elazar Lipa Gartenhaus (father in law of Rav Yaakov Moshe Kulefsky of Ner Yisrael)
hello again
curious about their position on zionism and emerging state.any info? are you aware of anyother bio info on rabbi tannenbaum.thx. kol Tuv
Can’t say for 100% of them, but for the most part they were religious Zionists and supporters of Mizrachi. During the 1920s many also showed support for Agudas Yisroel. This was also true of most Agudas HaRabbonim members in those days.
I agree with Moshe’s assertion above. Regarding Rav Menachem Mendel Chaim Landau – see his Mekitz Nirdamim. I think Hapeles went to town on him. Also see Sredai Aish and the terms in which Rav Y.Y. Weinberg describes R. Landau.
any updates from anyone/anyone know how close he was to rabbonim from pressburg (where he attended)?
any new info on thedegel yisroel org or its members/ Anyone from Scranto ever hear of my ggf?
M. Tannenbaum,
Have you ever seen this photo? https://tinyurl.com/dhrKhrJune1928
Is Rabbi Tannenbaum fifth from the right and just to the right of the rabbi with the long white beard?
This is from the joint convention of the Degel HaRabbonim and Knesses HaRabbonim in at Mount Freedom, NJ in June 1928. It appears in Chachmei Yisroel of New England, published in 1991 by R. Mayer Abramowitz. I could be mistaken, but I believe the caption is mislabeled as 1930 since I haven’t seen reports of the two organizations having any other joint convention later on.
See reports on the joint convention here: https://tinyurl.com/dhrKhr1928jtaArticles
I know it has been quite a while since i’ve written. My apologies.I think you may be right about my great-grandfather. who else is identified in the picture?I appreciate all new information.
Best wishes for a gmar v’chasima tova
Michael – please reach out to me at eskolskyinfo@yahoo.com to continue the conversation about identifying people in the picture from the 1928 joint Degel HaRabbonim / Knesses HaRabbonim convention.
I was named after the Rabbi. I was born on July 13 1945 . My Grandmother Tessi Heller was his daughter.
To Marc Solomon – where do you live? My grandfather was his son, Louis Tannenbaum.
Hi cousins Marc and Ellen
I am Adolph tannenbaum’s grandson.He was sibling of Tessi and Louie and others.
I remember all of them.
As an adult, I met Louie in Manhattan-I re-introduced myself and we chatted for a while. He was volunteering at some guild for the blind.
Tessi and Hymie were early members of the synagogue I attend.His name is on the memorial board. i REMEBER MEETING Phil, Harry/Heshy and Doris (cars?)
We reside in Brooklyn and Florida.
Marc and Ellen- where do you live? anyone in Florida?
Ellen- I’ve corresponded with your parents and hope they are well.
hi
Any new info on Rabbi Moshe Tannenbaum or descendants. trying to compile geneological material