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Nyírkarász
Nyírkarász is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary. Notable People * Zechariah Elefant (1886-1957) - rabbi and author References Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County {{Szabolcs-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zechariah Elefant
Zechariah Elefant (Yiddish: ''זכריהו עלעפאנט'', Hebrew: ''זכריהו אלפנט'', Hungarian: ''Elefánt Zoltan'', English: Sol Elefant; February 11, 1886, Kárász, Hungary - June 1957, New York City) was a rabbi, author, publisher, and book salesman. Biography Elefant was born in the town of Nyírkarász, Hungary. His father was Rabbi Dov Berish Elefant, and his mother was named Bava (née Eisenberger). As a young man he studied at the Yeshiva of Sighet and the Pressburg Yeshiva (Austria-Hungary), Pressburg Yeshiva. A few years before the World War I, he married Sarah (née Kahane), a Polish citizen. In 1923, he emigrated to New York with his wife and three children. In New York, he served as rabbi of a synagogue. Later he opened a bookstore on Canal Street in Manhattan's Lower East Side, where he sold "rare manuscripts and published works" as well as Torah scrolls. In 1938 he and his father published the book "Ein Habedolach" by Rabbi Chaim Zvi Menheimer, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
