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The fourth daughter Liba (Lilly) married Shlomo Pesach
Toperoff, who first served as Rabbi of Sunderland and then as Rabbi of Newcastle upon Tyne. He authored of many prolific works including Lev Avot, Echod Mi Yodea, Eternal Life a handbook for the mourner, and The Animal Kingdom in Jewish Thought.
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Ferber was hugely admired and venerated by his congregants and colleagues worldwide. Indeed, when he left his seat, everyone stood up and bowed towards him as a sign of respect. He was described as a “man of saintliness and gentleness, loved and admired by all who came into contact with him”. One of
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Active in communal affairs, Ferber established the Chesed V’emeth Burial
Society in 1915. He helped found the London yeshiva and was for many years the honorary secretary of the London "Vaad Harabonim" (rabbinical council) and chairman of the Association of London Rabbis ("Hisachdus Harabonim"). A
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does not have an H), daughter: Rivka age 26. Note that the wife's name Sora Chana does not match with the name Chana
Devorah mentioned in Kerem Hatzvi. Most of his siblings are mentioned in Kerem Hatzvi as
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Ferber was Rabbi of Soho for 42 years, from 1913 until his retirement in 1955. He died in 1966 in London, survived by his son Jacob Ferber and four older daughters.
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origin. In a short span of time, Ferber successfully centralised the unorganised Jewish activities and religious life of the community into one institution.
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Tzvi Hirsch Ferber was born to Shimon Yehuda Leib (died 9 March 1906) and Chana
Devorah (died 29 December 1911) Farber (note the spelling) in
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