Category: Ohio
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Rabbi Yeshayahu Glazer
Rabbi Yeshayahu (Simon) Glazer ישׁעיהו בּן ר׳ אברהם אליהו 1878-1938 Editor’s Note: I have grown to have a special connection to Rav Glazer, ztzl. His life, which I only found out about when I was researching Rabbanim that served in my hometown of Seattle, is the reason this site was started and, as of Feb…
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Rabbi Shimon Yitzchak haLevi Finkelstein
Rabbi Shimon Yehuda HaLevi Finkelstein שמעון יצחק ב”ר יהודה צבי הלוי 1861-1947 Yahrzeit: Nissan 26 5707 Rav Finkelstein was born in 1861. His father was Harav Yehuda Tzvi HaLevi of Slabodka. Blessed with a keen mind, Reb Shimon learned in the yehivos of Kovno and Slabodka until the age of 16, after which he learned…
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Rabbi Gedalya Halpern
Rabbi Gedalya Halpern גדליהו ב”ר יחיאל 1864-1927 Yahrzeit: Iyyar 6 5687 Rabbi Gedaliah was born in the town of Kozlovshchina near Slonim to his father, the Gaon Rabbi Yechiel, who was famous for [his] Torah and his fear [of Heaven], and was the son of the righteous Rabbi Isser Charif of Lida, a descendant of…
EARLY AMERICAN RABBONIM 