Rav Yisroel Yosef Shmuel of Cracow & Frankfurt zt"l
הרב ישראל יוסף שמואל בן צבי הירש מקראקא ופרנקפורט זצ"ל
Kislev 1 , 5464
Father's Name: Tzvi Hirsch
Rav Yisroel Yosef Shmuel of Cracow & Frankfurt zt"l
Rav Yisrael Yosef Shmuel was the son of Tzvi Hirsch, and was known as Rav Shmuel Reb Chaim Yeshaya’s.
(See end of Kelilas Yofi Vol. 2 end p. 144b and Kiryas Melech Rav, both by Nosson Chaim Dembitzer.)
He was born in Kremenitz, Volhynia, and served as Av Bais Din of Cracow for twenty-six years, and later as Rav of Frankfurt.
He was niftar on Erev Shabbos Kodesh Rosh Chodesh Kislev and was laid to rest in Frankfurt in the middle of the Bais HaChaim next to the northern wall, to the left of Rav Yosef Yaakov Reisher.
His son was Rav Arye Leib, Av Bais Din of Mattersdorf.
