Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft
Polish rabbi (1915–2005) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft (Hebrew: הרב שלמה זאב צווייגענהאפט) was a rabbi who was Rosh Hashochtim of Poland (overseeing the country's kosher slaughterers) before the Holocaust. After the Holocaust he was Chief Rabbi of Hanover and Lower Saxony. After emigrating to the United States he was a Rav Hamachshir (kosher certifier) and was described as the "foremost authority on shechita" (kosher slaughter).[1]
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Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft הרב שלמה זאב צווייגענהאפט | |
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Title | Rosh HaShochtim of Poland and Chief Rabbi of Hannover and Lower Saxony |
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Born | November 2, 1915 |
Died | August 2, 2005 (aged 89) |
Religion | Judaism |
Denomination | Orthodox |
Occupation | Chief Rabbi, Rosh HaShochtim, Rav Hamachshir |
Yahrtzeit | 26 Tammuz 5765 |
Buried | Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, State of Israel |
Semikhah | Rabbi Aryeh Tzvi Frumer |
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