Rabbi Shmuel Tzvi Wein
שמואל צבי ב"ר משה ארי' הלוי
Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon (RIETS)Date of Death:
Tue. November 12, 1918 -
Kislev 8 5679
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Directions to Kever: Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Gate: 158/S, Block: 90, Row: 011R, Grave: 6, Society Name: CHEVRA SHOMREI HADAS OF BOROUGH PARK (along Benjamin Road)
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: WILIN, SAMUEL
Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption: Advertisement for Isidore Bloch’s Matzo Bakery bearing Rabbi Wein’s certification. Credit: MCA
Photo Caption: Beth Din Kosher Certification signed by Rabbi Wein, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Lass, and Rabbi Dovid Rodinsky, Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America
Credit: MCA
Bio Information:
Rav Wein was a founding member of the Rabbi Isaac Elchonon Theological Seminary (RIETS) Smicha Board established in 1906. The other members were Rav Hillel Klein and Rav Moshe Zevulin Margolies. Rav Bernard Levinthal of Philadelphia represented the Agudath Arabonim.
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I wonder why his ksovim are in YU.
Additional Information (In Yiddish) by BBZ:
http://www.ivelt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=398124#p398124
Thanks R’ Miller, I saw there the following link which says that he actually was from the “hanhala” in RIETS: http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=20523&st=&pgnum=9.
Says he was from the maskimim on the Mishna Berurah.
Yup, here is the Haskama:
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=40376&st=&pgnum=4
I found his father listed as the Rabbi of Yanova (as inscribed on the matzieve)
יאנאווא:
הרה”ג אב”ד מוה’ משה ארי’ במהר”ז הלוי
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=5731&st=&pgnum=7&hilite=