Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft

Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft
הרב שלמה זאב צווייגענהאפט
TitleRosh HaShochtim of Poland and
Chief Rabbi of Hannover and Lower Saxony
Personal
BornNovember 2, 1915
DiedAugust 2, 2005 (aged 89)
ReligionJudaism
DenominationOrthodox
OccupationChief Rabbi, Rosh HaShochtim, Rav Hamachshir
Yahrtzeit26 Tammuz 5765
BuriedMount of Olives, Jerusalem, State of Israel
SemikhahRabbi Aryeh Tzvi Frumer

Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft (Hebrew: הרב שלמה זאב צווייגענהאפט‎) was a rabbi who was Rosh Hashochtim of Poland (overseeing the country's kosher slaughterers) before the Holocaust. After the Holocaust he was Chief Rabbi of Hanover and Lower Saxony. After emigrating to the United States he was a Rav Hamachshir (kosher certifier) and was described as the "foremost authority on shechita" (kosher slaughter).[1]

  1. ^ Hirsch, Rabbi Moshe (July 27, 2011). "Once Upon A Rav". Hamodia, Inyan Magazine – Kinyan l'Shabbos. XIV (669): 11–12.