Rabbi Chaim Avroham Dover Levine (Cohen)
חיים אברהם דוב בער ב"ר שניאור זלמן הכהן
The MalachDate of Death:
Sun. June 5, 1938 -
Sivan 6 5698
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Directions to Kever: Riverside Cemetery in Saddle Brook, NJ maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Location: Section Nusach Ari, Past the office, to Abraham Avenue, about 300 feet on the left
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Photo Caption: 1302 Washington Avenue (near 169th Street), Bronx, NY, Credit: NYC, Enhanced: YoMo Gokhman
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The Malach was a close disciple of the Tzemach Tzedek, Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson (d. 1866) before leaving to America in the 1920’s. He was also a close friend of Rav Yaakov Moshe Shurkin of Chaim Berlin.
Mistake, he was born the year the Tzemach Tzedek was niftar.
According to the cemetery records The Malach was 77 at the time of his passing which would mean that at the time of the Tzemach Tzedek’s passing he was at the most, 6 years old. He was probably a talmid (student) of Rebbe Sholom Dovber Schneersohn the Rebbe Rashab.
Are U sure it states 77 maybe it is 71, my source is the words of his only son, and even if your right U can’t call him a close disciple of the Tzemach Tzedek.
I’m not sure the origin of the Death Certificate information on record with the cemetery. Not that it make a difference, even if he was 77 he was still a little on the young side to have been a Talmud of the Tzemach Tzedek.
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Chabad:
According to a friend of mine, who is an expert on Chabad history the Tzemach Tzedek suffered from acute multiple sclerosis and was partially paralyzed during the last 4 years of his life. Therefore, for the Malach to have been a talmid he would have to have been in his 90’s at the time of his passing (according to his Death Certificate he was 71 or 77). In any event, he was a talmid of Rebbe Shmuel of Lubavitch, the Tzemach Tzedek youngest son and successor.
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The third name, “Dover” should read “Dov Ber”. The matzeivas of people with the name ?Dov Ber? are usually spelled with only 1 “beis” so it looks like one name, as you will see by the Rebbe Rayatz’s (Lubavitch) kever. It says “Yosef Yitzchok ben Sholom Dover”, although the name was “Sholom Dov Ber”. Since the last letter of Dov and the first letter of Ber is “beis”, it is written like this. I heard a reason for this once but don’t recall it at the moment. According to HaChassidus by Alfasi, he was a talmid of Reb Shmuel of Lubavitch. Keep up the great work.
the correct way is “Duber” same as the bais halevi Yosef Duber
I am a descendent of one of the malach’s talmidim. The malach was a very close talmid of the rashab, R’ Shalom ber of Lubavitch, the fifth Lubavitcher rebbe.
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The Malach had an older brother (last name Cohen) who was both a Rav here in the States and in Belarus. The brother had already passed away when the The Malach arrived here in 1923.
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As a side: The Malach changed his name to avoid the army and confiscation of his wedding dowry.
i didnt know that he changed his name but i know that he was a chohen כהן
the fact that they were Kohanim is mentioned on the Matzieve
ר’ חיים אברהם דובער ב”ר שניאור זלמן “הכהן”
The question is wether they used Cohen-Kohn as the family surname, and if there is any additional information on this brother, especially his given name.
The mother of Rabbi Berel Levy (Father of Reb Don Yoel Levy of the OK Kashrus Org.) was a sister of the Malach RACD Levine.
http://www.ok.org/Content.asp?ID=12
is any pic, ?
are the weberman’s einiklach or just talmidim?
Aron, just Talmidim.
Not just the webermans, you have also (to name just a few) the Flohrs, Gertners, Rosens, Dershowitzs, Soloffs, Shains are among the disciples of the Malach
Where is R”Yaakov Schor buried?
Aron, KY Satmar.
I went to the cemetery yesterday and tried to find the kever. Most of the kevarim in that section are overgrown and many of the matzeivos cannot be seen because they are buried under branches and ivy, etc. I was not able to find the Malach’s kever. I plan to return (I now have a map with the spot highlighted) and hope to find it. If necessary, I will clean off the overgrowth.
My Rebbe, Rabbi Pinchus Ahron Weberman was very close to the Malach. As were his brothers. There still exists aYeshiva Nesivos Olom of the Melachim run by Rabbi Mayer Weberman in NY. There was an artical in Mishpacha magazine written by Yisroel Besser, coauthored by Reb Yidel Weberman, abouit the history of the Malach.Issue 191, 2 Shevat, 5768, Jan 9, 2008. I suggest that you get a copy, it will enlighten you to the most hidden Tzadik to reach the shores of America. There is more to the story that isn’t published by if you can get one the the Weberman brothers to sit down, they have quite a story to tell. Unfortunatly you won’t read it in Artscroll which would not exist without the Malach and the Weberman types who paved the way for all of us here in the USA.
Reb Shimon
it is very hard to explain in this dayen age the malach to the Yankee crowd who publicity newspapers photos are there daily diet as the mallach and his talmidid are and were the complete opposite to the American dream because the mallachoim represent the original yid who was not ashamed of his way of dress speech actions in america and this was over 80 years ago
ever more that his talmidim never officially ever published anything about him the only thing we have are his letter which every word is kodes kodoshim
By the way where is your rebbe rav webberman these days located
He also learned with R’ Chaim Brisker (Solovetchik) the Rambams Moreh Nevuchim and no one was allowed in the room. He was known as a Baal Ruach HaKodesh. zechuso Yagen alainu
Rabbi Pinchas Aron Weberman is a rav in Florida, while R’ Yidel Weberman lives in Monsey NY.
The Mallach’s talmid Harav Meir Weberman was just niftar. ZY”U
in the above photo:
right: הרב הדומה למלאך
Lrft: ר’ אלעזר מאיר פרייל אב”ד עליזיבעט
http://kevarim.vohost.us/rabbi-eliezer-meir-peril/
Center: ר’ משולם פייביש שלמה ב”ר מרדכי וויילער ממקורבי המלאך
http://kevarim.vohost.us/rabbi-meshulam-feivish-shloma-willer/
GPS coordinates for the Malach’s kever in Riverside Cemetery:
Latitude : 40.89208 (40° 53′ 31.48″ N)
Longitude : -74.08375 (74° 5′ 1.5″ W)
accuracy of signal : 4 m
https://maps.google.com?q=40.892078,-74.08375
I was at the Malach’s kever this morning. You go up Abraham Road at the right side of the Riverside Cemetery office building. Go past Ruth walk, but before you come to Emanuel Walk. On your left half way between those two cross walks you will find a metal gate with the inscription in Hebrew—Bais Hamedrash Nusach Ha’Ari Di’Bronx. You will see the matzevos of some of his disciples (Gertners etc.) and a few steps from the road, with four candleholders, is the kever of the Malach.
Several other old time marbitzei Torah, Rabbi Avrohom Gris a mechanech, Rabbi Fishel Yoezer a Rov in the Bronx, and others are nearby, Webermans and some other close disciples are buried more recently in the same section.
I was the Baal Tefilah in the Chabad House in university city, Philadelphia in 1979. I was
coronated “Melech Yisroel” by the son of the Rabbi of the Young Israel of Elkins Park, in
front of the aron kodesh during Tefilas “neilah”. The Friday morning after Thanksgiving
1979, Mendy Lipskier, the 12 year old son of Rabbi Abraham Lipskier, the Mashpiah of
Tiferreth Bachurim at 226 Sussex Ave, Morristown, NJ circled around me and punched me with all his might in my back, in front of the aron kodesh. That is why his saintly uncle, Rabbi yosef yitzchak Lipskier was killed in a car accident jan. 1995.
Rabbi Yosef Yitzcak
Regarding the above comment.
I was the baal Tefila on YOM KIPPUR, 1979.
The Malach’s shtiebel was at 169th and Washington. As I recall, it was a little off the street in a house that was called “The Nussach Ari Shul.” I saw it last in the mid-1940’s. My grandfather davened in a bigger shul about a block or two away. In about 1946 or ’47 he switched to Arthur ave., “Rabbi Chaim OZer Shul,” which was in a different neighborhood and slightly closer to our apartment.
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