6 Comments

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   Dov on September 11, 2026 at 1:54 pm

   hi, i saw this matzeivah today and got really interested in it, who was he?
   please share me with more details if you have any.
   thanks.

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   Mayer Rubin on September 15, 2026 at 3:13 pm

   This was the grandson of the holy Divrei Chaim of Sanz, a son of the youngest son of the Sanzer Ruv, Reb Shayale Chechoiver

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   Mayer Rubin on September 15, 2026 at 3:14 pm

   Mistake, not this one

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   David Levy on September 15, 2026 at 5:06 pm

   Can someone explain the meaning of the second and third line of the epitaph on the matzeva

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   dov on September 16, 2026 at 3:14 pm

   “Hi, after some research, I would like to clarify a bit of the mystery surrounding this matzeivah (gravestone). According to census records, he was a Russian immigrant who married a fellow Russian immigrant, who is buried near him. As seen in the 1886 magazine clipping posted above, he served as a Ruv (rabbi) in the Shearith Israel congregation in Pennsylvania when he was newly married and in his early 30s. Later, he lived in the Bronx, where the Morgen Journal (Morning Journal) noted he was well-known as a giant Torah scholar and lamdan. Census data also shows that he and his wife had six children.
   The matzeivah text was almost certainly written by the niftar (deceased) himself. This is evident from the complete lack of titles attached to his name, as well as the specific phrasing on the stone. He was clearly an ehrliche Yid (pious Jew) who deeply felt the spiritual decline of American Jewry at the time, especially regarding the bitter trial of shmiras Shabbos (Sabbath observance) that was raging during those exact years. His matzeivah is incredibly moving. It serves as a window into the state of Judaism in America during that era, and stands as a testament to the hidden, righteous individuals who lived here and should never be forgotten. His resting place is not far from the Yampola Rebbe. If you happen to pass by, it would be a great zechus (merit) to light a candle for his neshamah (soul).”

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   Dov on September 16, 2026 at 3:17 pm

   Yosef, son of Yitzchak
   Edelmann
   3rd of Adar II, 5679

   He who keeps the Torah
   as the circumstances
   of the world demand,
   denies the
   core principle of the faith.
   “G-d will not alter nor change His law”
   He will not alter
   and He will not exchange
   His law.