Rav Mordechai Rosenberg zt"l
הרב מרדכי בן יצחק יהודה רוזנברג זצ"ל
Tammuz 13 , 5635
Rav Mordechai Rosenberg zt"l
Rav Mordechai married Tzivia the daughter of Rav Yisroel Tzvi Weiss of Nirbater (known as Hirsch Bater who was son-in-law of Rav Shaul of Kalov the Rosh Chevra Kadisha of Oshevar.
Regarding Rav Shaul of Kalov, someone once related how one of the members of the Oshevar Chevra Kadisha was in Lublin by Rav Yaakov Yitzchok the Chozeh and he handed him a kvitel, that included the names of the entire chevra society, when the Chozeh read the kvittel and he read the name Shaul ben Sheva the tzadik told the shaliach: when you get back home please send this Shaul to me. When the shaliach returned he relayed the Chozeh's message, Rav Shaul grabbed his tallis and tefillin and made his way on foot to Lublin. When he came before the Chozeh the tzadik asked him if he knew who to learn? His response was negative, no. The Chozeh remarked that it was very strange since the husband of Liba Rachel should be a ben Torah! Afterwards during davening when they reached Kerias Shema Rav Shaul could no longer hold back or contain himsef or hold back and the Chozeh felt something, the Chozeh drew him near during the davening. And there he stayed spending time by the Chozeh. (Chemdas Shaul)
Regarding his shidduch and marriage, Rav Mordechai's son Rav Shaul related how his maternal grandfather Reb Hirsch Bater travelled to Balkan in order to search for a suitable chosson for his daughter Tzivia. There he he entered the Bais Medrash of the Tzror haChaim, Rav Shmelka Selisher who told him that he found him two excellent bachurim: Rav Mordechai Rosenberg and Rav Naphtali Hertzka Zilberman, but he cannot make up his mind as to which bachur is most suitable. In the end they rdew lots and Rav Mordechai was the winner, however after he passed away, his wife Rebitzen Tzivia ended up marrying Rav Naphtali Hertzka as her second husband. (Intro to Ateres Mordechai)
Rav Mordechai was a talmid muvhak of Rav Shmuel Shmelka Klein author of Tzror haChaim of Selish and also of Rav Avraham Shaag author Ohel Avraham.
Rav Mordechai also travelled to bask in the glow of such tzadikim like Rav Chaim Halberstam, the Divrei Chaim of Sanz and Rav Hirschele Lisker author of Ach Pri Tevuah.
Rav Mordechai Rosenberg passed away in the prime of his life at age forty three on Erev Shabbos kodesh in Neipest, on Tammuz 13 , 5635. His Levaya took place on Sunday of Parshas Pinchos in Budapest where he was eulogized with hespedim by Rav Ahaon Dovid Deutsch AvBeisDin Yarmut, author of Goren Dovid. One of the reforms he fought against was carrying the body of the niftar by a pushcart instead of the traditional manner of carrying the niftar's body by hand on a stretcher or bed. When Rav Deutsch noticed that Rav Rosenberg was also being carted he cried out how the Rav had fought against this reform for which he was jailed and suffered dying young al for the sake of kiddush Hashem and they then carried him by hand and shoulder for a long far distance to the bais haChaim. He lay there in Neipest until the authorities wanted to destroy it to build a road and he was reinterred in Jerusalem on 7 Nissan 5731 (1971) on Har HaMenuchos, even though 96 years passed from the time of his death his bones were all intact. He was eulogized by Rav Dovid Moskowitz of Boniyad.