10 Comments

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   BBB on September 21, 2009 at 11:20 am

   The Rav was born and died on the same day (70 years apart).

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   YD Miller on September 21, 2009 at 5:28 pm

   In ebglish he was known as samuel rabinowitz, he wrote a few books in ebglish on Socialism, Capitalism and Judaism.

   He lived in Williamsburgh on 159 Marcy Ave., where he also had a Hebrew day school which at times had as many as 120 boys and 18 girls.

3. 

   Rabbi Stern on September 21, 2009 at 5:41 pm

   He wrote seforim in Hebrew as well.

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   YD Miller on September 21, 2009 at 5:57 pm

   Right, it is mentioned on the Matzieve.

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   asher on July 5, 2010 at 5:20 pm

   YD, not that it makes much of a difference – his english name on the matzeivo reads Sholom. His BIL, Rav Avraham Yosef is buried right behind him.

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   YD Miller on July 6, 2010 at 6:20 pm

   Asher,
   Who was his BIL Avrohom Yosef?

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   asher on July 6, 2010 at 9:37 pm

   YD, I took a photo of his kever this week… it says “kol yomov shimash bakodesh” Harabani R’ Avrohom Yoisef… etc. Wish i can upload the picture here… or i can email you.

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   YD Miller on July 8, 2010 at 11:27 am

   you can email me Asher, millerscranton@gmail.com

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   asher on July 8, 2010 at 1:13 pm

   YD, just emailed you. Also uploaded the rest of the Illoways.

10. 

    Chaim Freedman on August 3, 2010 at 2:26 am

    Appears in my book “Eliyahu’s Branches – the Descendants of the Vilna Gaon and His Family”, page 503, as Shalom-Yaakov.
    Son of Eliyahu, son of Shalom, son of Shmuel, son of Avraham Ragoler, brother of the Gra.