About Yisroel Aryeh Zalmanowitz
Lived 1916 – 2003 (aged 86). Yisroel Aryeh Zalmanowitz was an Israeli rabbi.
Yisroel Aryeh Zalmanowitz (; December 29, 1916–June 23, 2003) was an Ashkenazi rosh yeshiva in Bursha before the Holocaust. After the Holocaust he was one of the Rabbis of Bergen-Belsen. Later in Israel, he was Chief Rabbi of Acre and the Rabbi of Kiryat Sanz.
In his youth, Zalmanowitz studied in several yeshivas in Transylvania, including Vișeu de Sus and Cluj, where he became one of the most prominent disciples of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam. and together with the other rabbis was instrumental in permitting numerous agunot to remarry.
Rabbi of Kiryat Sanz and Chief Rabbi of Acre Rabbi Zalmanowitz emigrated to Israel and in the early 1960s became the Chief Rabbi of Acre. Additionally, he was appointed Rabbi of Kiryat Sanz.
Death Rabbi Zalmanowitz died on June 23, 2003, and was buried in Petah Tikva.
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Romanian rabbi (1916-2003)
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Yisroel Aryeh Zalmanowitz was born on 29 December 1916.
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Yisroel Aryeh Zalmanowitz died on 23 June 2003 in Israel.
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Yisroel Aryeh Zalmanowitz was a rabbi.
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