Shraga Moshe Kalmanowitz (Hebrew: שרגא משה קלמנוביץ; May 15, 1918 – April 16, 1998) was a Polish-American Orthodox rabbi. He was a rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York , from 1964 to 1998.
Rabbi Shraga Moshe Kalmanowitz | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | Shraga Moshe Kalmanowitz May 15, 1918[1] Rakov, Poland |
| Died | April 16, 1998 (aged 79) Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Parent | Avraham Kalmanowitz Rochel Kalmanowitz |
| Denomination | Orthodox |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Avraham Kalmanowitz |
| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Mir yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Began | 1964 |
| Ended | 1998 |
| Buried | Sanhedria Cemetery, Jerusalem |
Biography edit
Kalmanowitz was born in Rakov, Poland,[2] to Avraham Kalmanowitz, the rabbi of the town, and Rochel Cohen, the daughter of Betzalel Hakohen, a dayan (rabbinical court judge) in Vilna.[citation needed] He had the brothers[3][4] and two sisters.[citation needed]
At the age of 10, Kalmanowitz began studying at the Mir yeshiva in Mir, Belarus, and later studied at the Kaminetz Yeshiva led by Baruch Ber Leibowitz.[2] He came to the United States with his mother and siblings in 1941[5] (his father had immigrated a year earlier[6]) and studied at both Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and Beth Medrash Elyon.[2][7]
After his marriage, Kalmanowitz became a maggid shiur in the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn.[7] Upon the death of his father in 1964, he and his brother-in-law, Shmuel Berenbaum, assumed the roles of roshei yeshiva.[8][9] He followed his father's lead in overseeing the education of Sephardi North African students at the Mir Yeshiva. He was also close with Sephardi organizations in New York City; he was one of the speakers at the grand opening of the mikveh of the Sephardi Brooklyn community on Avenue S.[10]
Kalmanowitz died on April 16, 1998 (20 Nisan 5758) in New York.[2] He was buried beside his father's grave in the Sanhedria Cemetery in Jerusalem.[11] His wife Malka Kalmanowitz died in 2020.[11]
References edit
- ^ United States Social Security Death Index; U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File
- ^ a b c d Katz, Shlomo (May 16, 1998). "R' Shraga Moshe Kalmanowitz a"h". HaMaayan. torah.org. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ "Today Yahrtzeits & History – 28 Teves". matzav.com. January 14, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ Shapiro 1996, p. 260.
- ^ Finkelman 2003, p. 65.
- ^ Kranzler & Gevirtz 1991.
- ^ a b Gliksman 2009, p. 132.
- ^ Keren, Daniel (May 13, 2010). "Kabbalas Hatorah at Three Landmark Flatbush Yeshivas: The Mirrer Yeshiva,Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin and Mesivta Torah Vodaath". Flatbush Jewish Journal. p. 18. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ Saltiel, Manny (2015). "Gedolim Yahrtzeits". chinuch.org. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ Sutton 2005, p. 298.
- ^ a b "Rebbetzin Malka Kalmanowitz a"h". matzav.com.
Sources edit
- Gliksman, Devora (2009). A Tale of Two Worlds: Rabbi Dovid and Rebbetzin Basya Bender. Mesorah Publications, Ltd. ISBN 9781422608883.
- Finkelman, Shimon (2003). Rav Pam: The Life and Ideals of Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov HaKohen Pam. Mesorah Publications, Ltd. ISBN 1578193842.
- Kranzler, Dr. David; Gevirtz, Rabbi Eliezer (1991). "A Cry From the Heart: Rabbi Avraham Kalmanowitz". To Save a World: Profiles of Holocaust Rescue. CIS Publishers. ISBN 1-56062-061-7.
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- Rossoff, Dovid (2005). קדושים אשר בארץ: קברי צדיקים בירושלים ובני ברק [The Holy Ones in the Earth: Graves of Tzaddikim in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak] (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Machon Otzar HaTorah.
- Shapiro, Chaim (1996). Once upon a shtetl: A fond look back at a treasured slice of the Jewish past. Mesorah Publications, Ltd. p. 260. ISBN 9780899066424.
- Shapiro, Chaim (1982). "The Last of His Kind: Rabbi Avraham Kalmanowitz". In Wolpin, Rabbi Nisson (ed.). The Torah World: A treasury of biographical sketches. Mesorah Publications, Ltd. ISBN 0-89906-453-1.
- Sutton, Rabbi David (2005). Aleppo, City of Scholars. Mesorah Publications. ISBN 1-57819-056-8.