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Yisroel Yitzchok Piekarski
Rabbi Yisroel Yitzchok Piekarski (1905–1992) was a Polish-born rabbi who was the Rosh Yeshiva of the Lubavich hassidic movement for 42 years. Biography Rabbi Yisroel Yitzchok Piekarski was born in Sosnowiec Poland in 1905 to a family of Amshinover hassidim, he was a disciple of Rabbi Aryeh Tzvi Frummer and Rabbi Abraham Weinberg of Warsaw (author oReishis Bikkurim After receiving semicha from Rabbi Aryeh Tzvi Frommer, Rabbi Piekarski went on to serve briefly as Rabbi of the small town of Modrzejów in Poland (which is now part of Sosnowiec) before accepting a position as a Rabbi in London England shortly before the outbreak of World War II. In 1947, Rabbi Piekarski emigrated to the United States where he was appointed Rabbi of the "Tzierei Agudas Yisroel" Shul in Bronx New York. In 1951 he was appointed Rosh Yeshiva of Tomchei Temimim of Lubavitch where he taught thousands of students. Simultaneously, he relocated from the Bronx to Queens Queens is a borough of New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ישראל יצחק פיקרסקי
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel also is bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally. The land held by present-day Israel witnessed some of the earliest human occupations outside Africa and was among the earliest known sites of agriculture. It was inhabited by the Canaanites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
