Rav Avrohom Aba Zions zt"l
הרב אברהם אבא ציון זצ"ל
Cheshvan 3 , 5756
Rav Avrohom Aba Zions zt"l
Rav Avrohom Aba Zions was born in Brisk, Poland. His father passed away when Rav Aba was just nine years old. His mother would bring him to one of the Talmidei Chachomim in Brisk to have him tested every week. When Rav Aba was twelve years old, she sent him to learn at the Yeshiva of Rav Moshe Sokolovsky, author of the Imrei Moshe. Rav Aba was very close to the Imrei Moshe until the latter’s petira in 1931, and he assisted with the publishing of the Imrei Moshe’s sefer on Maseches Beitza, Meleches Yom Tov. After a few years, Rav Aba went to Kaminetz to learn under Rav Boruch Ber Leibowitz. In or about the year 1936, Rav Aba returned to Brisk, starting a Talmud Torah there. Shortly after the outbreak of the war, Rav Aba escaped to Vilna. He was instrumental in the printing of Rav Boruch Ber’s sefer Bircas Shmuel. From there he joined the Mirrer Yeshiva bochurim as they traveled to Kobe, Japan, and eventually to Shanghai, China. After the war, Rav Aba came to New York and accepted a position as Rav of Congregation Knesses Yisrael in the Bronx, where he served for twenty-eight years. In 1948, Rav Aba married Rivka Tellem, of Tavrig, Lithuania, whose family had settled in Newark.