Mordechai Shlomo Friedman

Mordechai Shlomo Friedman
TitleBoyaner Rebbe of New York
Personal
Born
Mordechai Shlomo Friedman

15 October 1891
Boiany (Boyan)
Died2 March 1971(1971-03-02) (aged 79)
ReligionJudaism
SpouseChava Sara Heschel
ChildrenYisroel
Malka
Yitzchok
Parents
  • Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman (father)
  • Malka Twersky (mother)
Jewish leader
PredecessorRabbi Yitzchok Friedman
SuccessorRabbi Nachum Dov Brayer
BeganNovember 1927
Ended2 March 1971
DynastyBoyan

Mordechai Shlomo Friedman (15 October 1891 in Boiany, Ukraine – 2 March 1971 in New York City),[1] sometimes called Solomon Mordecai Friedman, was the Boyaner Rebbe of New York for over 40 years. In 1927 he left Europe to become one of the first Hasidic Rebbes in America, establishing his court on the Lower East Side of New York City and attracting many American Jewish youth with his charismatic and warm personality. He also played a role in American Jewish leadership with positions on Agudath Israel of America, the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, and Holocaust rescue organizations. In 1957 he built the flagship Ruzhiner yeshiva, Tiferet Yisroel, at the top of Malkhei Yisrael Street in Jerusalem.

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