Zundel Kroizer (25 November 1924 - 7 May 2014)
was a
Haredi Israel
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i
rabbi
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and the author of ''
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Ohr Hachamah'' on the entire
Talmud
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, ''
Shulchan Aruch
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'', Five ''
Chumashim'' and the ''
Haggadah shel Pesach''.
He was born in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
to Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Kroizer. In his youth, he studied at the
Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He married the daughter of Rabbi Aharon Porush, treasurer of the
Etz Chaim Yeshiva and author of ''Ephah Sh'lemah'' on the Talmud.
[
Over the years, he served as '' melamed'' at various '' cheders'' and '']talmud Torah
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s'' including the Meah Shearim Talmud Torah and the ''cheder'' of Belz
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in Bnei Brak
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. He once spent a year establishing a school in Lugano, Switzerland.
During the last 25 years of his life, he was employed by the in Jerusalem to answer the students' questions.[
He died in May 2014 at Shaare Zedek Medical Center. At his ]funeral
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, he was eulogized
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by several rabbis, including Rabbis Shmuel Auerbach
Shmuel Auerbach ( he, שמואל אורבך) (September 21, 1931 – February 24, 2018) was a Haredi rabbi in Jerusalem. Rav Auerbach led a large portion of more radical elements of the non-Hasidic Haredi community. His followers formed a political ...
and Gamliel Rabinowitz
Gamliel HaKohen Rabinowitz (Rappaport) is a rosh yeshiva of Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel. He is a recognized expert in Jewish Law and Kabbalah.
Family
Rabinowitz is the son of Rabbi Levi HaKohen Rabinowitz (1920-2015), author o ...
. He was interred on Har HaMenuchot.[
]
References
1924 births
2014 deaths
Haredi rabbis in Israel
Burials at Har HaMenuchot
Rabbis in Jerusalem
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