About Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi
Lived 1943 – 2015 (aged 71–72). Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi was an Israeli rabbi.
Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi (; 1943 – January 14, 2015) was an Orthodox rabbi and a member of the Chabad movement of Hasidic. Ashkenazi was the chief rabbi of the Kfar Chabad Chabad community in Israel from 1983 until his death and was an authority on Halakha (Jewish law).
Halachic stances Ashkenazy said that long wigs were inappropriate for use as a hair covering under the halachik definition of tzniut.
Family He was a grandson of Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi, former chief rabbi of Shanghai. His son Schneur became the chief rabbi of Rishon L'tzion, Israel.
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Who was Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi?
Israeli Rabbi
When was Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi born?
Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi was born in 1943 in Tel Aviv.
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Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi died on 14 January 2015.
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Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi was a rabbi.
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Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi was Israeli.
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