Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Grodzensky
צבי הירש ב"ר מאיר
Chief Rabbi, Omaha, NebraskaDate of Death:
Wed. December 31, 1947 -
Teves 18 5708
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Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption: Rav Tzvi Hirsh Grodzensky while a still a young rabbi in Europe, Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America’s Archives
Photo Caption: Rav Tzvi Hirsh Grodzensky, Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America’s Archives
Credit: Institute For Judaic Culture and History (IFJCAH)
Credit: Institute For Judaic Culture and History (IFJCAH)
Credit: Institute For Judaic Culture and History (IFJCAH)
Photo Caption: Map to the kever of Rav Grodzensky, Credit: Rabbi Yaakov Zions, Denver Kollel
Bio Information:
Rav Grodzensky, a leading member of the Agudath HaRabonim was the chavrusa (study partner) of Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzensky, his second cousin. It is reported that the Brisker Rav, Rav Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik, once commented that had Rav Tzvi Hirsh stayed in Europe he would have been just as famous as his younger cousin.
In memorial:
Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (August 9, 1940 -5 Av 5700)
Photo Credit: IFJCAH
Credit: IFJCAH
Photo Caption: New Cemetery in Vilna (Vilnius), Lithuania, Credit: Michael, Elias, Kew Gardens, NY
Credit: Moti, EY
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Did he have any children?
Sadly, I don?t think so. In addition, I believe that Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzensky also passed away without children.
The Rav had 7 children, 4 sons and 3 daughters.
Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzensky had one daughter that passed away at a young age, there is a sad story behind it.
I once heard that.
He wrote a sefer called “מקראי קדש” on הלכות קריאת התורה 3 volumes.
Do you know who took this picture? I lived in Omaha for atleast 5 years. As a matter of fact, I was born there. My father was a Rabbi there.
In the middle, what are those two plaques for? Is that for children who were Niftar?
They are the matzevos. The pic of the matzeiva at the bottom is just a close up of one of those stones on the ground.
I once saw a long biography (around 15 pages) about Rav Tzvi Grodzensky (I think from the University of Nebraska). He had arichus yomimas he arrived in Omaha in the 1890″s and was first nifter in1948. I remember that they interviewed a son of his (his english name was Francis) and a shochet who had kabolla from rav tzvi hirsh zatzal.the article was written in the 1980″s and his son was still living who also has arichus yomim. It also said that he has many ksovim in Yerushalayim by oyzar haposkim which are waiting to be published. i also heard from a talmid of rav ahron soloveichik zatzal that rav ahron very much recomended his sefer mikve yisroel on hilchos mikvaos. at the end of his mikroei kodesh he has a special kuntress on the problem of making sure that unsalted meat should be washed within 3 days if it was not salted yet (takonas hageonim mentined in the beginning of hilchos melicha) which was a critical issue in the early part of the 1900″s when many times shechita took place in faraway places and sent to the main cities by freight trains and the meat was washed at certain train stops withvarious rabbonim supervising. he also wrotea sefer mili dibrochos on masechta brochos and another on ein yaakov . i think that some of his seforim were published by Ezras Torah as he was a prominent member of the agudas horabonim. zechuso yogen oleinu
someone asked me recently if there are descendants of reb zvi hersh because he found many kesovim of his and he wants to distribute it to them. Does anyone know where they are to be found?
I saw on the white pages that there is arobert grodzensky in wilkes barre,pennsylvania. i dont remember for sure from the biography that i saw a while back but ligt meer in kop that one of his descendants has that name but i could be mistaken. maybe otzar haposkim would want it if they have his other ksovim which i think they do.
BZR,
Your “kop arbiet baruch hashem”, thanks for all your informative posts.
If you are saying that the UON published the article they should still have it on record, maybe someone can turn to them for it.
To Ben Bee Zee-
Do you know who has the ksovim that were found? I am working on publishing R Tzvi Hirsch’s writings and would like to contact them. He apparently has no descendants who are observant or interested in his ksovim.
Rav Mordechai (ben Tzvi) Grodzenski lived in Utica.
This is part of a Kol Kora signed by the RJJ and many other Rabbanim.
http://s949.photobucket.com/albums/ad339/aman51/odds%20n%20ends/?action=view¤t=Grodzensky.jpg
Generally it would maybe be nice to get the english last names (How their spelled in english)(exact) so that we could do research and find descendants etc.
http://seforim.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-of-recent-work-of-rav-zvi-hirsch.html
recent post and info on new sefer
Today is Rav Tzvi Hirsh Grodzensky’s Yartzeit.
SG, thanx for the reminder – just two days earlier, I was thinking to visit this place, summertime (I thought his Yartzeit was then), although I live nothing near West Coast… but for some unrelated reason , i got this wishful thinking to do something on his yahrzeit as a Z’chus – bottom line – u’r reminder meant allot, so thanx and… as a whole maybe we can add some kind of “reminder feature” sign-up for any or only certain popular listings.
I wanted to make it clear that Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Grodzensky had many children and I myself am his great grandson!
Richard – where do you live?
To Richard Levine:
I would appreciate your contacting me. I published a letter from Rav Grodzinsky to my father in the journal Yeshurun. The letter was dated 1947 and was in response to my father’s letter which cited the Tshuvas HaRambam that one should NOT stand when hearing the Kriah on Shabbos and Shvuos of Aseres Hadibros.
My phone number is: 516-371-1356.
He was a great scholar and a great man.The Rabbi M’Brisk Rabbi Isaac William Soleveitchik said that if he would have stayed in Europe he would have been as great as his holy cousin Rav Charles Ozer Grozensky of Vilna lore.HO HO Torah
I don’t have a better place to post this warning- but people who are looking to buy the sforim that Rav Grodzensky published when he was alive should be very careful of unscrupulous sforim dealers who are out to rip people off and when one person pays their price they use it to justify ripping off the next customer. A perfect example- I saw one dealer had 2 of the 3 volumes of מקראי קודש for sale on his website for $400. it is plain gneiva.
A dealer may ask any price he wants to.
And as long as he doesn’t force you to make the purchase you have free will to decide if it’s worth the asking price and Purchase it. You also can always ask for a better price.
(Acting excited never helps lowering the price )
I am not a dealer