17 Comments

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   walter on July 2, 2009 at 5:35 pm

   He was the son in law of Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam of Bobov Zt”l Hy”d the קדושת ציון

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   curios on July 3, 2009 at 9:28 am

   He is the father of all the famous Twerskys (R’ Michel, R’ DR. Avrohom etc.). His grandfather was the Horonsteipeler rav Reb Mordechai Dov (Mottele) was a son-in-law of the Divrei Chaim, and passed away in 1903 . One of his chassidim was R’ Chaim Peretz Kanievsky, who after his wife passed away, on his Rebbe’s advice remarried a young woman, and their son is R’ Yaakov Yisroel (named after the grandfather of R’ Mottele) – the Steipler.

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   Tzedek Yisrael on May 26, 2010 at 6:09 pm

   There is a mesorah that just before he passed, he told people that people who beseech haShem at his kever will not go unanswered.

   I have personal knowledge of several yeshuot.

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   chicago on September 1, 2010 at 2:15 pm

   His yahrtzeit was a few weeks ago. I daven with his grandson, Rav Efraim Twerski at Kahal Chassdim in Chicago

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   Moshe Escott on January 14, 2011 at 1:17 am

   See the following three images:

   http://www.bethjehudah.org/images/rjt.jpg

   http://www.bethjehudah.org/images/50wedann.jpg

   http://www.jewishmuseummilwaukee.org/images/programs-resources/online-exhibitions/federation/1950/Image-49.jpg
   The caption for the image at that web site reads:
   “1956: Early Meeting of the Council of Rabbis at Welfare Fund Office. Rabbis: Paul Greenman, David Shapiro, Harry Pastor, David Becker, Louis Swichkow, Israel Feldman, Jay Brickman and Jacob Twerski. Standing: Larry Katz, Bernie Sampson, Harry Plous, Morris Weingrod and Melvin Zaret. “

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   YD Miller on January 14, 2011 at 11:25 am

   Nice photo Moshe, Thanks.

   Who is the other bearded Frum Rabbi on the photo, would that be Rabbi Israel Feldman? assuming the caption represents the Rabbis left-to-right.

   If so who was Rabbi Feldman?

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   Moshe Escott on January 14, 2011 at 1:59 pm

   btw – R. Y.Y. Twersky was a member of the Degel HaRabbonim

   No idea re: Rabbi Feldman – I would assume that you are correct about his placement in the picture

   After a quick search it seems that R. Feldman is mentioned in the following articles (search for feldman within)
   http://www.jewishchronicle.org/article.php?article_id=4338
   http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/15-27_May_We_Use_Grape_Juice_for_the_Arba_Kosot_3.htm

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   YD Miller on January 17, 2011 at 12:19 pm

   Same photo in the book “Jewish Milwaukee”
   http://books.google.com/books?id=akoZYpARLmYC&lpg=PA69&ots=nrW6zVWJaR&dq=Rabbi%20%22Israel%20feldman%22%20milwaukee&pg=PA69#v=onepage&q&f=false

   There are some othe nice photos there of Milwaukee Jews and rabbis including a nice photo of Rabbi Solomon Schienfeld.

   Rabbi Feldman was the Rav of Cong. Agudas Achim

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   Y Fox on July 28, 2011 at 1:57 am

   I have picture of Reb Yaakov Yisroel’s ohel and matzeiva. How can I send them to you? May Hashem bless you for the wonderful work you are doing.

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    Moshe Escott on July 28, 2011 at 12:37 pm

    R. Fox – those are some great pictures on your Picasa site! I guess for the moment, people will have to visit the following link to see R. Yaakov Yisroel’s matzeiva:

    https://picasaweb.google.com/108974186494248342326/HornosteipleMilwaukee?feat=flashalbum#5634428471337684498

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    Ben Bee Zee on July 28, 2011 at 1:23 pm

    Amazing! thanks

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    Y Fox on July 29, 2011 at 8:03 am

    The inscription is on the outside of an ohel so its not really a matzeiva, per say. On the inside of the ohel there are just plain wooden boxes over the kevarim and no matzeiva, k’minhag of the old Chernobyl. I also heard a rumor that the Rebbe, zy”a, asked the at they made everything as simple as possible.
    For more pictures of the ohel, etc. go to http://damesek.blogspot.com/2011/06/ma-tovu-ohalecha-yaakov.html

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    Y Fox on August 16, 2011 at 6:19 pm

    Here are some pictures of the recent yahrtzeit (10 Av), if anyone is interested.
    http://damesek.blogspot.com/2011/08/yud-menachem-av-5771-highlights.html

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    blackleibel on August 16, 2011 at 10:00 pm

    Very interested. Thank you.

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    Mo. Kennedy on August 17, 2011 at 8:20 am

    Y,Fox

    how can i contact you

    thanks

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    Y Fox on August 18, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    Mo. Kennedy,
    email: twerskitorah@gmail.com or by commenting on http://www.damesek.blogspot.com.

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    Uri B. Jeremias on April 2, 2025 at 4:59 pm

    He was the father of Rav Avraham Yehoshua Heschel (Abraham J.) Twersky.