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and settle in towns and cities throughout the
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a board of seven rabbis overseeing thousands of shochtim throughout Poland. In 1936, a bill outlawing
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January 1946 Lubinsky was appointed Chief Rabbi of Hannover. The community continued to grow and additional rabbinical leadership was required. On a few rare occasions, the Vaad Harabonim of the British zone convened a
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Zweigenhaft to accompany him on his walk to the slaughterhouse. When they arrived, Einhorn began to contemplate the problem that the shochtim presented to him. Zweigenhaft then proceeded to deftly pick up the
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of several kosher slaughterhouses. And instituted reforms previously unknown in
America. Some rabbis would not eat meat unless it was certified by Zweigenhaft. Over the years many of Zweigenhaft's reforms took root in the industry.
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and demonstrate that shechitah was a quick humane form of animal slaughter. Together with an intense lobbying effort, this led to the Sejm allowing the practice to continue, although it was restricted with a maximum quota.
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two years later. This was an extremely rare achievement, considering that Frumer only ordained a total of 5 out of several hundred students over the course of his life.
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students in Poland. Mandelbaum also describes Zweigenhaft's relationship with Frumer as "extremely close".
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288:Joel Sirkis
140:Chief Rabbi
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873:August 21,
735:References
631:Berel Wein
616:Cincinnati
319:massekhtot
249:Early life
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701:Holocaust
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678:Jerusalem
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579:D.P. Camp
545:D.P. Camp
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300:Radomsker
294:Education
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160:Yahrtzeit
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555:Bais Din
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376:shochtim
364:Talmudic
327:menachot
323:zevachim
243:shechita
193:Semikhah
130:Orthodox
116:Religion
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346:Yeshiva
335:Tosafot
272:shochet
231:Hanover
120:Judaism
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384:Amstov
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311:Amstov
303:cheder
254:Family
215:Hebrew
197:Rabbi
174:Buried
167:Tammuz
60:Poland
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331:Rashi
280:posek
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