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alongside Rabbis Dov Landau and Moshe Hillel Hirsch.''Hamodia''. Dec 5, 2012. p. D40.

Biography

Rabbi Zaks was born on October 30, 1926, in Jerusalem to Rabbi Chaim Eliyahu Zalman and Esther Leah Zaks. His mother was the daughter of Rabbi Mordechai Friedman and the sister of Rabbi Mendel Friedman, son-in-law of Rabbi

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. Rabbi Zaks was a student of Rabbi

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in Etz Chaim Yeshiva. In 1947, he traveled to Bnei Brak where he studied at the Slabodka yeshiva under Rabbi Isaac Sher. In 1952 he was engaged to be married with Rabbi Sher's eldest granddaughter, the daughter of his son-in-law, Rabbi

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, ''rosh yeshiva'' of Slabodka. The wedding took place in March 1952, shortly after the death of Rabbi Sher (who died in February 1952). Several years after his marriage, his father-in-law appointed him to deliver ''

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im'' at Slabodka. More than 20 years before Rabbi Amram died, he suffered a stroke from which he never fully recovered.''Hamodia''. Dec 5, 2012. p. D41. Rabbi Zaks died on December 30, 2012. Tens of thousands attended his funeral, where he was eulogized by Rabbis Landau and Hirsch of the Slabodka yeshiva as well as by the

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(a student of Rabbi Amram), and by Rabbi Amram's son, Rabbi Simchah Shmuel Zaks.

References

1926 births 2012 deaths Israeli Rosh yeshivas Academic staff of Slabodka yeshiva {{Israel-rabbi-stub