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Zechariah Elefant (Yiddish: ''זכריהו עלעפאנט'', Hebrew: ''זכריהו אלפנט'', Hungarian: ''Elefánt Zoltan'', English: Sol Elefant; February 11, 1886,
Ein Habedolach 1944, preface detailing his life's story up to then (in Hebrew)
*Sources quoting Rabbi Elefant:
Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Grienwald, Kol Bo on Mourning, Vol. 1, New York 1947, p. 380 (in Hebrew)
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Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Grienwald, Kol Bo on Mourning, Vol. 2, Brooklyn 1951, p. 147 (in Hebrew)
Dr. Yohanan Cohen-Yashar, "ספר חדש של פרופ׳ נהר על המהר״ל", Hamaayan (Tishrei 5727, 1966), Vol. 7, Issue 1, p. 78, item 74a (in Hebrew)
This article discusses the initial reason for writing the book "Zvi Chemmed" by Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Friedman (Brooklyn), 1956, as his discussions with Rabbi Elefant which formed the contents of this particular book: "עשרות שנות שבתו של המחבר בארה״ב, לא 'צננו' את התלהבותו ורוח הקרב שלו, בסידרת הקונטרסים שלו בשם הכללי ״צבי חמד״, מתריע מדי פעם על תקלה מסוימת, או פס״ד שלא כדעתו. הפעם יוצא בקונטרס ל״ד... הקונטרס נערך בתשובה לשאלת תלמידו זכרי׳ עלעפאנט...". {{DEFAULTSORT:Elefant, Zechariah 1886 births 1957 deaths People from Baranya County Hungarian Jews
Zechariah Elefant (Yiddish: ''זכריהו עלעפאנט'', Hebrew: ''זכריהו אלפנט'', Hungarian: ''Elefánt Zoltan'', English: Sol Elefant; February 11, 1886, Kárász
Kárász () is a village in Baranya county, Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to t ...
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Hungary - June 1957, New York City) was a rabbi, author, publisher, and book salesman.
Biography
Elefant was born in the town ofNyírkarász
Nyírkarász is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary.
Notable People
* Zechariah Elefant (1886-1957) - rabbi and author
References
Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County
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, Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
. His father was Rabbi Dov Berish Elefant, and his mother was named Bava (née Eisenberger). As a young man he studied at the Yeshiva of Sighet and the Pressburg Yeshiva.
A few years before the World War I, he married Sarah (née Kahane), a Polish citizen. In 1923, he emigrated to New York with his wife and three children.
In New York, he served as rabbi of a synagogue. Later he opened a bookstore on Canal Street in Manhattan's Lower East Side, where he sold "rare manuscripts and published works" as well as Torah scrolls.
In 1938 he and his father published the book "Ein Habedolach" by Rabbi Chaim Zvi Menheimer, who was his father's teacher. After the death of his father, he published another book, "Ein Habadolach on the Talmud", in 1944.
The National Library of Israel has two manuscripts with his signature from his private library.
References
External links
Ein Habedolach 1944, preface detailing his life's story up to then (in Hebrew)
*Sources quoting Rabbi Elefant:
Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Grienwald, Kol Bo on Mourning, Vol. 1, New York 1947, p. 380 (in Hebrew)
*
Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Grienwald, Kol Bo on Mourning, Vol. 2, Brooklyn 1951, p. 147 (in Hebrew)
Dr. Yohanan Cohen-Yashar, "ספר חדש של פרופ׳ נהר על המהר״ל", Hamaayan (Tishrei 5727, 1966), Vol. 7, Issue 1, p. 78, item 74a (in Hebrew)
This article discusses the initial reason for writing the book "Zvi Chemmed" by Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Friedman (Brooklyn), 1956, as his discussions with Rabbi Elefant which formed the contents of this particular book: "עשרות שנות שבתו של המחבר בארה״ב, לא 'צננו' את התלהבותו ורוח הקרב שלו, בסידרת הקונטרסים שלו בשם הכללי ״צבי חמד״, מתריע מדי פעם על תקלה מסוימת, או פס״ד שלא כדעתו. הפעם יוצא בקונטרס ל״ד... הקונטרס נערך בתשובה לשאלת תלמידו זכרי׳ עלעפאנט...". {{DEFAULTSORT:Elefant, Zechariah 1886 births 1957 deaths People from Baranya County Hungarian Jews