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Early American Rabbis - The Brothers Tsaiman: Novardok, Chattanooga, Syracuse

Speaker:: Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner
Date:: June 18 2026

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Venue: Eitz Chayim of Dogwood Park Eitz Chayim of Dogwood Park

History:

20th Century CE

Machshava:

Pesach

Holidays:

Tisha Bav

Collections: America 250

References: Pesachim: 116B

Description

Part of an "America 250" series on the Torah of early American rabbis. The brothers Rav Tzvi Hersh Tsaiman and Rav Matisyahu Tsaiman learned in great yeshivos of Eastern Europe at the start of the 20th century - Kovno, Slonim, Slabodka, Novardok. How did they communicate their Torah to unlearned and weakly affiliated Jews in America?

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