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Ahva halma2/27/2023 Bet Din Senior and Headmaster of the Yeshiva. A brother of the Baal Maginei Shlomo of Cracow. The Martyr, Rabbi Mordechai ben R' Joseph of Vilna.The Rabbi, R' Yaakov ben Uri Fyvusz, Bet Din Senior and Headmaster of the Yeshiva, left Tomaszow and became Rabbi and Headmaster of the Yeshiva in Slutsk.Rabbi Noah, The Bet Din Senior was the City Rabbi in the years 5380-5404.The Rabbi, R' Aryeh Leibusz Rubin, זל (The Rabbi of Cieszanow)Ī basic treatment of those who held Rabbinical positions, since its founding and up to the Holocaust, is given in the Hebrew section of the essay of Sholom Lavi, and this is not a complete and exclusive list, but only that which has been possible for me to research and uncover, with great effort. The Rabbi, R' Yerakhmiel Mordechai Weinberg זל the Rabbi of Krylow R' Yisroel'i Garzytzensky was the President. There were no salaried collectors who gathered up the saved monies, only the most prominent of the balebatim, R' Aharon Lakher and R' Elkanah Fruchthandler had the franchise for this mitzvah. This box endured all the suffering as well as the joys of Jewish households, and it became an integral part of the Jewish family. If one had a bad dream, or if God forbid, one's phylacteries fell off, the Rabbi would direct that twice chai was to be dropped into Rabbi Meir's little box. At every opportunity, be it a joyful occasion, or God forbid, a time of trouble, coins were dropped into the box. This was a sacred ritual special to the Hasidic homes, where every Friday before sundown, prior to the lighting of the candles, a few groschen were dropped into the collection box. The Collection Box of Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess The boycott against the Hasidim of Radzyn persisted until the Holocaust. After this loss, the ritual slaughterer from Markuszow vanished. Since they were not experienced butchers, they were powerless in their attempt to capture the ox that had run free, and it disappeared. A group of young folks from the Hasidic shtiblakh cut the rope, and the beast ran away. One time, on a Saturday night, they were leading a large ox to be slaughtered. The purchased cattle and Itta Hant'shels, as a mitzvah, sold it to them at no profit. Having no alternative, the Radzyn Hasidim decided to do their own slaughtering, on their own account. However, the other Hasidim from all of the shtiblakh contested this, and did not permit them access to any of the butchers, nor to the slaughterhouse. Accordingly, they decided to retain their own ritual slaughterer at their own expense. I do not remember his name, only the story, which was as follows: The Hasidim of Radzyn felt very put out because not one of the servants of the community, such as Rabbis, ritual slaughterers, Hevra Kadisha, etc., was one of the Hasidim of Radzyn. R' Eliezer Gershon Teicher was the bookkeeper. The activists were: Pinchas Szparer, Chaim Hymowitz, Yehoshua Fishl's Goldstein, and myself as a youngster. It was from this income that the institution sustained itself. ‘ Linat HaTzedek’ was recognized by each and every Jew as an important activity, and a special tariff was imposed on ritual slaughter for its use. Its activity consisted of dispensing medicaments at no charge, good food, such a bread rolls, for sustenance, milk and butter, and volunteer nights to sit with the ill. It was especially active in the First War, and immediately after the War, in which disease, God forbid, were rampant, and the poverty was great, and Linat HaTzedek saved many young Jewish lives. This was one of the first and wonderful institutions for the common good that Tomaszow once had. Tomaszów Lubelski, Poland (Pages 55-84) « Previous Page
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