Rav Zalman Shimon Dworkin zt"l
הרב זלמן שמעון בן ירוחם דווארקין זצ"ל
Adar 17 , 5745
Rav Zalman Shimon Dworkin zt"l
Rabbi Zalman Shimon Dworkin [Adar 17, 1985] received semicha, rabbinic ordination, the world-famous Rogotchover Gaon, Reb Yosef Rozin. In 1953, Reb Zalman Shimon and his wife arrived in the United States and lived in Pittsburgh, In 1960, they moved to Brooklyn, where he subsequently served as the sole official rabbinical authority of the Crown Heights Chabad community for nearly twenty-five years, until his passing. Still today, many Lubavitcher rabbis throughout the world guide themselves with the halachic (Jewish Law) decisions that Reb Zalman Shimon issued. The Lubavitcher Rebbe would refer people with complicated halachic questions, as well as those with personal dilemmas that needed a bright and caring individual to assist them, to Reb Zalman Shimon. The Rebbe once declared in public, "He is my Moro D'Asra" (my Rav). A significant amount of his writings were published in "Kovetz Razash," including some of his stories of Chabad history in addition to a sampling of his halachic decisions and correspondence.
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