Rabbi Shevach Arager
שבח ב"ר יעקב
Rav, Conregation Ohav Emuna (Emuno), Denver, ColoradoDate of Death:
Fri. December 29, 1893 -
Teves 20 5654
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Directions to Kever: Rose Hill Cemetery located in Commerce City, Colorado maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request.
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Name listed on marker: Rabbi Solomon Arager
Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption: From an 1892 Denver Directory, Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America
Credit: Needed
Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America
Credit: What may be the grave of the Rabbi Shevach Arager mother and sister buried in Warsaw, Poland, Credit: Foundation for Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries
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“About then (1881), Solomon Arager, a rabbi and shochet by profession, was brought to Denver from San Francisco by the Orthodox Jews. How the early Jews managed to eat kosher food before the coming of Rabbi Arager is a mystery. With the coming of Rabbi Arager, it was possible to observe the Jewish laws, for he acted as a shochet and mohel as well.”
-Pioneers, Peddlers, & Tsadikim: The Story of Jews in Colorado, by Ida Libert Uchill