Jsoundbites: Rabbi Miller Part 1
Rav Avigdor Miller (1908-2001) was a unique and influential rabbinical leader on the American scene of the 20th century. With his life spanning most of the tumultuous 20th century, his life story is somewhat a microcosm of Jewish life during historic times. Born in Baltimore into a home of immigrants, he went to study in RIETS in New York and eventually made the courageous decision to cross the ocean to study in the Slabodka Yeshiva in Lithuania. It was there under the tutelage of his rebbi Rav Isaac Sher and other great mussar personalities that would come to define him and his teachings for the rest of his life. It was also there that he married his wife Chana Etel Lesin, the daughter of Rav Yaakov Moshe Lesin the rabbi of Neishtat-Sugind. After spending six years in Slabodka, he returned home in late 1938, at the cusp of a long career where he would transmit the legacy of the past to generations of students and congregants. For sponsorship opportunities about your favorite topics of Jewish history contact Yehuda at: yehuda@yehudageberer.com
The alumni arguably were usually leaner,Wilsonian and more likely to go on to higher
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Baltimore somewhat was unique in other ways as well. It had a sector of German Jewish immigrants that remained traditional relatively in ideology going back to mid 19th century and Rabbi Price.
ReplyDeleteIn addition, it was influenced by Virginia and the South, and at least partly segregated until 1948.
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ReplyDeleteBaltimore in those days was known as the Jerusalem of America. It was by and large Lithuanian immigrants and rather more traditional compared to New York and other cities
The unheralded heroes were R Samson,R Schwartz and the younger Yehuda Davis who influenced many of others
The main hub for those for those who grew up in the twenties was the Shul, which primarily for youth, was known as the Adas
Rabbi Miller was one of quite a few who affiliated with and developed there. Louie Miller, father of R Shlomo Miller was the president a little later there
Mordecai gifter, interestingly,though put often with the crowd was from a different part of town
I'm assuming you meant to write RABBI Mordechai Gifter.
ReplyDeleteHarav Elya Meir Bloch would tell everyone "The true founder of Telshe is Rav Yehuda Davis"
ReplyDeleteR' Nosson Wachtfogel would declare" 50% of Torah in America is because of R'Yehuda Davis"