About Shlomo Zalman Abel
Lived 1857 – 1886 (aged 29). Shlomo Zalman Abel was a rabbi.
Shlomo Zalman Halevi Abel (1857–1886) was one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva and author of Beis Shlomo.
Biography Abel was born March 11, (15 Adar) 1857 at Novomyesto-Sugint (now Žemaičių Naumiestis) in the Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Lithuania).
In 1875, together with Meir Atlas and Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim, he assisted in establishing the Telz Yeshiva and subsequently taught there. He was the brother-in-law of Shimon Shkop.
Abel died on Tuesday October 12, (13th Tishrei) 1886.
Works Beis Shlomo, published posthumously in Vilna in 1893, deals primarily with aspects of Halacha pertaining to financial matters.
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Founder of Telz Yeshiva
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Shlomo Zalman Abel was born on 11 March 1857 in Žemaičių Naumiestis.
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Shlomo Zalman Abel died on 12 October 1886 in Telšiai.
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Shlomo Zalman Abel was a rabbi.
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