Rebbe Yisroel Elozor Hopstein
ישראל אלעזר ב"ר ירחמיאל משה
Kozhnitzer RebbeDate of Death:
Thu. August 18, 1966 -
Elul 2 5726
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Directions to Kever: Sanhedriya Cemetery is located at the entrance of Sanhedria neighborhood in Yerushalayim (Jerusalem), Location: Towards the middle of the cemetery
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Photo Caption: Kozhnitzer Rebbe, Credit: Yitz Twersky, KGH
Photo Caption: Kozhnitzer Rebbe, Credit: MCA
Photo Caption: Kozhnitzer Rebbe, Credit: MCA
Credit: IFJCAH
Credit: IFJCAH
Credit: IFJCAH
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He survived WW2 and came to Paris, from there to NYC and then made aliyah and established Bais Hamedrash in Tel Aviv. Universally revered and many admirers. Instructed his daughter’s son Rav Shimshon Sternberg to continue the dynasty. Rav Sternberg is now Kozhnitzer Rebbe and divides his time between the Holy Land and New York, in both he has many followers.