Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Meisels
צבי הירש ב"ר דוד דוב
Chief Rabbi, Veitzen, HungaryDate of Death:
Sat. January 19, 1974 -
Teves 25 5734
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Photo Caption: Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum of Ujhely, d. 1841, better known as the Yismach Moshe, Credit: Needed
Photo Caption: First edition title page, Yetev Lev, authored by Rebbe Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum of Siget, d. 1883, Credit: IFJCAH
Photo Caption: Rav Tzvi Hirsh Meisels, Credit: N/N
Bio Information:
Prior to becoming Chief Rabbi of Veitzen in 1930, the Rav led the Jewish community of Neimark, Galicia. In Neimark, the Rav headed a yeshiva with hundreds of students. In 1944, the Rav along with his entire community was deported to Auschwitz. After his liberation he was appointed Chief Rabbi of the Bergen-Belsen German/British Section DP Camp where he established Yeshiva Shearis Yisroel. In 1946, upon the encouragement of his brother-in-law Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam, Bobover Rebbe he settled in Chicago, Illinois.
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Sorry but with all due respect he was never Chief Rabbi of Veitzen, he was dayan of the chasidishe kehilla there, I doubt if anybody today wants to open the can of worms to know the stance of the the rav (zilbershtein) regarding the chasidishe kehilla.
Cheskel:
Interestingly, the town of Veitzen was not a chassidish town. I once heard that the kehilla was taken aback when they first saw Rav Meisels in full chassidish garb.
At the end of the day he was know as Veitzener Rav.
Please excuse my ignorance who was Rav Zilberstein?
Thank you,
Rav Zilberstein was the rov of Veitzen being a son or grandson of reb Yeshaya the author of Masei Lemelech.
Where is he buried?
I think PIH.
PIH??????
Past In Haulacust?
Could be or Perished In Holocaust.
Cheskel,
you are right, R’ Zvi Hirsh was Dayan at Veitzen Orth. Community, where R’ David Yehuda Silberstein (d. 1944) was the Rav.
In 1945, R’ Zvi Hirsh liberated in Bergen-Belsen, and was appointed to Rav of British Occupation Zone in Germany. In 1946, he moved to Paris, and abt. 1948 settled in the US.
Thanks for your Haskama !
My family came from Veitzen and lived there prior to the war. Are there any publications on the personalities that lived there prior to the war my grandfather Reb Efraim Hutterer a’h was close to Rav Shaye Zilberstein z’zl. How many orthodox communities were there prior to the war.
Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Meisels have a big yeshiva in Veitzen with almost 400 boys as my info from a family member .and he went to be Dayan there after the recommendation from munkatcher ruv the minchus aluzer witch send him there
Can any one help the veitzaner rov had a brother reb yechezkal who was rov of radvan and was niftar a year after his chausna does any one know who was he married to
She was a daugter of Reb Moshe Rubinstein-Teitelbaum, who was a stepson of the Yetev Lev of Satmar and a stepbrother of Rabbi Yoel of Satmar, who was Mesader Kidushin at their marriage. Her private name i don’t know.
H.L
Thanks
Please explain?
That is what I heard from the family. R’ Yechezkel’s wife was the daughter of Reb Moshe Rubinstein-Teitelbaum, who was a stepson of the Yetev Lev of Satmar and a son of his second wife (so that he was stepbrother of Rabbi Yoel of Satmar) . Her private name they didn’t know.
If you have more questions, send it to my mail: hlehrer1@gmail.com.
Thanks
I just wonder if there is anybod of the binyan dovid family who remember him or her and her name did she get married again probaly the only person today who would know is the shomkuter rebezin or reb zalman leib from seegate
Kind regards
P.S i tried to send you this message by email but it was returned
HL,
Reb Moshe Rubinstien was the son of Chana and Reb Avrohom Abba Rubinstein. His mother Chana (Bas r’ Yoel Ashkenazi) remarried to the Kedushas Yom Tov (not the Yetev Lev), she than had 6 children with the Kedushas YT one of them being the Divrie Yoel AKA Satmar Rebbe.
M. kennedy,
Here is a photo of the marker of the Radvaner Rav in Uheli, Hungary:
http://www.ivelt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=714168#p714168
He paased away 1932 – 81 Years ago, how old is the Sea-Gate Rav today? is he the oldest living Binyan Dovid grandchild?
Thanks
who was Reb Avrhom Aba Rubinstein
Regarding oldest binyan dovids einiklech who are with us
There is the
krestirer Rebbezin
Shomkuter Rebbezin
and the sea gate rov
may they have arichas yomin vshonim my question is did she marry again
What word did you mean to use when you said “with the engorgement of his brother-in-law “? I don’t think you meant to say “engorgement”…
As the matzeiva notes, he was the mechaber of the shu”t Mekadshei Hashem, arguably along with R. Oshry, the most prominent compilation of Holocaust responsa. He was also a much sought after mohel and would travel across the country to help people fulfill this mitzvah.
BTW Tali, the word is encouragement.
The Binyan Dovid has grandsons from Veitzen, Rav Yosef Moshe in Williamsburg and Rav Zalmen Leib in Seagate. The Veizener Rov also has children from his second rebetzin the Dezher Rebbes daughter. The Binyan Dovid has many living grandchildren BH.
Rabbi Adolf Neumann was the first rabbi of Weitzen from the 1840s to 1863, when he left for Yerusalem. There was no Jewish community before 1840s. R. Shalom (Frigyes) Ullman was the rabbi of the status quo community from 1864-1894.
The orthodox community split from the status quo in 1871. R. Moshe (Mor) Löwinger of Komarom (1810-1876) was the rabbi for two years in 1875-1876.
R. David Yehuda Silberstein (1820-1884) followed R. Löwinger from 1876 to 1884. He is the author of Shvilei Dovid on the Shulchan Aruch. He is buried in Weitzen. His kever is at Vác, Ambró Ferenc utca 24.
R. Yehoshua Silberstein was the rav from 1884-1935. His son R. Dovid Yehuda Silberstein (1935-1944) was murdered in Auschwitz.
Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Meisels was appointed dayan in Weitzen in 1930.
Dovid,
Correction, the Rov was R. Yeshayah Zilberstein,
known as the Masay Lamelech, after the Sefer he authored on the Rambam Hilchos Bais Habchiro,
and he was niftar in 1930 – not 1935 – after which R. Hersh Meisels was appointed as Dayan of the kehilah.
thanks