About Yitzchak Hendel
Lived 1916 – 2007 (aged 90–91). Yitzchak Hendel was a Canadian rabbi.
Rabbi Yitzchak HaCohen Hendel (1916-2007) was a prominent Chabad Hasidic rabbi from Montreal. From 1944 until his death in 2007, Rabbi Hendel served as the chief rabbi of the Chabad community in Montreal.
Biography Rabbi Yitzchak Hendel was born in 1916 in the town of Komarów-Osada, Poland. He joined the Chabad movement while studying in Warsaw. During World War II, Rabbi Hendel and a number of rabbinical students escaped to Shanghai. After the war, Rabbi Hendel moved to Montreal.
Rabbi Yitzchak Hendel served as the chief rabbi for Montreal's Chabad community. His appointment as chief rabbi began soon after his marriage in 1944.
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Who was Yitzchak Hendel?
Canadian rabbi
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Yitzchak Hendel was born in 1916 in Komarów-Osada.
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Yitzchak Hendel died in 2007 in Montreal.
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Yitzchak Hendel was a rabbi.
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