Shraga Moshe Kalmanowitz
Polish-American rabbi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Rabbi Shraga Moshe Kalmanowitz | |
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Personal | |
Born | Shraga Moshe Kalmanowitz May 15, 1918[1] Rakov, Poland |
Died | April 16, 1998(1998-04-16) (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 |
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