Rabbi Chaim Mechel Greenberg
חיים מיכל ב"ר יצחק צבי
Author, Sefer Ohr Chaim-Lekutei RacheimDate of Death:
Fri. June 6, 1919 -
Sivan 8 5679
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Directions to Kever: Machpelah Cemetery in Ridgewood, Queens maintains offsite records, call their main office of directions: Location: Gate; 13, Section: The Greenberg Lodge, one section before the Beth Medrash Hagodol, where Rav Ash is buried (just before the Union Field Cemetery)
Biographical Notes:
Born in 1848, the Rav a chossid of the Chidushei Harim of Gur came from Malawa, Poland. Arriving on these shores in 1872 where he became very successful. In addition to the shul he established on 34 West 119th Street, he funded Chasdei Avos yeshiva in Chevron and helped establish a Hebrew school here in New York City. In 1881, he bought a huge plot of land in the Machpelah Cemetery, the Greenberg Lodge, which was only opened to Shomrei Shabbos and the indigent.
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His Sefer:
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/38300
and here is volume 2:
http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=38301&pgnum=1
He left a very interesting will, it’s worth to read
(the left column)
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1919-06-17/ed-1/seq-20.pdf
also see the very interesting preface in the first volume of his sefer (linked in first comment)
Rav Greenberg was the owner of a rare library
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-06-09/ed-1/seq-9.pdf