Elchonon Wasserman

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Belarusian Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva (1874-1941)

Lived 1875 to 1941 · aged 66

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Rabbi Elchonon Bunim Wasserman was a prominent rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean) in prewar Europe. He was one of the closest students of Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan and a noted Talmid Chacham. In the interwar period, he served as rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Ohel Torah-Baranovich. He was murdered during the Holocaust.

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Monument to the victims of the massacre at the Seventh Fort (July 1941)

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Lived 1875 to 1941 · aged 66

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