Zelig Sharfstein

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Rabbi Ezriel Zelig Sharfstein (1928-2008) was a prominent Chabad rabbi, the Chief Rabbi of the Vaad Ho'ir of Cincinnati, and an international authority on Jewish law.[1] He was a long time, distinguished member on the Executive Committee of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis.[2]

[edit] Life

He was born in 1928 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He was ordained as a rabbi in 1952 and married Reba Kazornovsky in 1954.[3] He was hand-picked by Rabbi Eliezer Silver, chief rabbi of Cincinnati, to teach in the city's Jewish Day School. In 1964, Silver, then the president of the Agudath HaRabbonim and one of American Jewry's foremost leaders, promoted him to the role of principal.[3][1] After Silver's death in 1968, Sharfstein took over as chief rabbi of Cincinnati's Va'ad Ho'ir.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Goodman, Rebecca. "Zelig Sharfstein rabbi to Hasidics", The Cincinnati Enquirer, 2008-02-19. Retrieved on 2008-02-24. 
  2. ^ "Rabbi Zelig Sharfstein, Halachic Authority, Passes Away", lubavitch.com/LNS, 2008-02-11. Retrieved on 2008-02-24. 
  3. ^ a b Zaklikowski, Dovid. "Legal Scholar and Rabbi to Rabbis Passes Away at 79", Chabad.org News, 2008-02-12. Retrieved on 2008-02-24. 

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